/* The following code example is taken from the book
* "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference"
* by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
*
* (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999.
* Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
* is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
* This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
* warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
*/
#include
#include
#include
using namespace std;
/* PRINT_ELEMENTS()
* - prints optional C-string optcstr followed by
* - all elements of the collection coll
* - separated by spaces
*/
template
inline void PRINT_ELEMENTS (const T& coll, const char* optcstr="")
{
typename T::const_iterator pos;
std::cout << optcstr;
for (pos=coll.begin(); pos!=coll.end(); ++pos) {
std::cout << *pos << ' ';
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
class Nth { // function object that returns true for the nth call
private:
int nth; // call for which to return true
int count; // call counter
public:
Nth (int n) : nth(n), count(0) {
}
bool operator() (int) {
return ++count == nth;
}
};
int main()
{
list coll;
// insert elements from 1 to 9
for (int i=1; i<=9; ++i) {
coll.push_back(i);
}
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll,"coll: ");
// remove third element
list::iterator pos;
pos = remove_if(coll.begin(),coll.end(), // range
Nth(3)); // remove criterion
coll.erase(pos,coll.end());
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll,"nth removed: ");
}
coll: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
nth removed: 1 2 4 5 7 8 9