The range-based for loop that is available since the C++ 11 standard, is a wonderful mean of making the code compact and clean. This post is totally dedicated to a single go: to show the difference between iterating using STL iterators and using for ranges. Here’s a simple code that creates a vector of integers … Continue reading “Iterators vs. auto in C++”
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A range-for loop in C++
The so-called range-based for loop appeared in the C++ 11 standard, together with the auto keyword gives us a very powerful and idiomatic way of looping over things. Let’s start with a simple array. #include <iostream> int main() { int odd_data[] = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}; for (auto x : odd_data) std::cout << x << “\n”; } Here, the for loop goes over all the elements of the odd_data array, and you … Continue reading “A range-for loop in C++”