Re: std::list question

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:52:04 -0400
Message-ID:
<eu6P#4E$HHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
"Jack" <jl@knight.com> wrote in message
news:%23Yut$nE$HHA.4568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl

struct _myval
{
long idx;
std::string src_val;
std::string dst_val;
} myval;

bool IsEquals(const _myval& val1, const std::string& str2)
{
return val1.dst_val == str2;
}
...

list<_myval> g_MyvalList;

...

std::list<_myval>::iterator it = g_MyvalList.begin();

it = find_if (it, g_MyvalList.end(), IsEquals);

==========================

Error:
Error 7 error C2198: 'bool (__cdecl *)(const _myval &,const
std::string &)'

too few arguments for call c:\program files\microsoft visual studio
8\vc\include\algorithm 87


Have you noticed that you haven't at any point specified the actual
string you were supposedly looking for? Does it not surprise you?

Make it:

struct Comparator {
    Comparator(const string& s) : compare_to(s) {}

    bool operator()(const _myval& v) const {
        return v.dst_val == compare_to;
    }
private:
    string compare_to;
};

std::list<_myval>::iterator it =
    find_if(g_MyvalList.begin(), g_MyvalList.end(), Comparator("xyz"));

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