Re: STL list Usage
On May 11, 7:09 pm, mrc2...@cox.net (Mike Copeland) wrote:
I am trying to learn/use the STL <list> to implement a small
application. I didn't get very far before I got a compile error that
befuddles me. Here's the code:
struct GENCHECK // Gender C=
heck data
{
char genCode;
string firstName;} gWork;
typedef list<GENCHECK> NAMES;
NAMES genData;
list<GENCHECK>::iterator gIter;
class nameEqual : public unary_function<NAMES, bool>
{ // predicate class to perform structure element comparison
string s;
public:
explicit nameEqual (const string &ss) : s(ss) {}
bool operator() (const NAMES &e) const { return e.firstName == s; =
}
};
Instead of creating a "nameEqual" predicate, I would make it possible
to compare "GENCHECK" objects directly:
struct GENCHECK // Gender Check data
{
char genCode;
string firstName;
bool operator==(const GENCHECK& rhs) const
{
return firstName == rhs.firstName;
}
bool operator<(const GENCHECK& rhs) const
{
return firstName < rhs.firstName;
}
bool operator==(const std::string& rhs) const
{
return firstName == rhs;
}
bool operator<(const std::string& rhs) const
{
return firstName < rhs;
}
} gWork;
With these operators defined, it is now possible to sort the list of
GENCHECK objects (by calling std::list.sort()) or to find a particular
object that matches a string (by calling std::find() on the list).
Greg
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