template< class InputIt, class Distance >
void advance( InputIt& it, Distance n );
template< class InputIt, class Distance >
constexpr void advance( InputIt& it, Distance n );
Increments given iterator it by n elements.
If n is negative, the iterator is decremented. In this case, InputIt
must meet the requirements of LegacyBidirectionalIterator, otherwise the behavior is undefined.
InputIt
must meet the requirements of LegacyInputIterator. [edit] Return value
(none)
[edit] ComplexityLinear.
However, if InputIt
additionally meets the requirements of LegacyRandomAccessIterator, complexity is constant.
The behavior is undefined if the specified sequence of increments or decrements would require that a non-incrementable iterator (such as the past-the-end iterator) is incremented, or that a non-decrementable iterator (such as the front iterator or the singular iterator) is decremented.
[edit] Possible implementationSee also the implementations in libstdc++ and libc++.
Non-constexpr versionnamespace detail { template<class It> void do_advance(It& it, typename std::iterator_traits<It>::difference_type n, std::input_iterator_tag) { while (n > 0) { --n; ++it; } } template<class It> void do_advance(It& it, typename std::iterator_traits<It>::difference_type n, std::bidirectional_iterator_tag) { while (n > 0) { --n; ++it; } while (n < 0) { ++n; --it; } } template<class It> void do_advance(It& it, typename std::iterator_traits<It>::difference_type n, std::random_access_iterator_tag) { it += n; } } // namespace detail template<class It, class Distance> void advance(It& it, Distance n) { detail::do_advance(it, typename std::iterator_traits<It>::difference_type(n), typename std::iterator_traits<It>::iterator_category()); }constexpr version
template<class It, class Distance> constexpr void advance(It& it, Distance n) { using category = typename std::iterator_traits<It>::iterator_category; static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<std::input_iterator_tag, category>); auto dist = typename std::iterator_traits<It>::difference_type(n); if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v<std::random_access_iterator_tag, category>) it += dist; else { while (dist > 0) { --dist; ++it; } if constexpr (std::is_base_of_v<std::bidirectional_iterator_tag, category>) while (dist < 0) { ++dist; --it; } } }[edit] Example
#include <iostream> #include <iterator> #include <vector> int main() { std::vector<int> v{3, 1, 4}; auto vi = v.begin(); std::advance(vi, 2); std::cout << *vi << ' '; vi = v.end(); std::advance(vi, -2); std::cout << *vi << '\n'; }
Output:
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