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For <a class="reference internal" href="./bidirectional-iterator.html">bidirectional</a> and <a class="reference internal" href="./random-access-iterator.html">random access</a> iterators, the distance may be negative.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="id405"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#header" name="header">Header</a></h3> <pre class="literal-block"> #include <<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/advance.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/advance.hpp</a>> </pre> </div> <div class="section" id="id406"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#parameters" name="parameters">Parameters</a></h3> <table border="1" class="docutils table"> <colgroup> <col width="19%" /> <col width="35%" /> <col width="45%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr><th class="head">Parameter</th> <th class="head">Requirement</th> <th class="head">Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">Iterator</span></tt></td> <td><a class="reference internal" href="./forward-iterator.html">Forward Iterator</a></td> <td>An iterator to advance.</td> </tr> <tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">N</span></tt></td> <td><a class="reference internal" href="./integral-constant.html">Integral Constant</a></td> <td>A distance.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="section" id="id407"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#model-of" name="model-of">Model Of</a></h3> <p><a class="reference internal" href="./tag-dispatched-metafunction.html">Tag Dispatched Metafunction</a></p> </div> <div class="section" id="id408"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#expression-semantics" name="expression-semantics">Expression semantics</a></h3> <p>For a <a class="reference internal" href="./forward-iterator.html">Forward Iterator</a> <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iter</span></tt> and arbitrary <a class="reference internal" href="./integral-constant.html">Integral Constant</a> <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">n</span></tt>:</p> <pre class="literal-block"> typedef <a href="./advance.html" class="identifier">advance</a><iter,n>::type j; </pre> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><a class="reference internal" href="./forward-iterator.html">Forward Iterator</a>.</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Precondition:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">If <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">Iterator</span></tt> is a <a class="reference internal" href="./forward-iterator.html">Forward Iterator</a>, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">n::value</span></tt> must be nonnegative.</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Semantics:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Equivalent to:</p> <pre class="literal-block"> typedef iter i0; typedef <a href="./next.html" class="identifier">next</a><i0>::type i1; <em>...</em> typedef <a href="./next.html" class="identifier">next</a><i<em>n-1</em>>::type j; </pre> <p>if <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">n::value</span> <span class="pre">></span> <span class="pre">0</span></tt>, and</p> <pre class="literal-block"> typedef iter i0; typedef <a href="./prior.html" class="identifier">prior</a><i0>::type i1; <em>...</em> typedef <a href="./prior.html" class="identifier">prior</a><i<em>n-1</em>>::type j; </pre> <p>otherwise.</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Postcondition:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">j</span></tt> is dereferenceable or past-the-end; <tt class="literal"><span class="pre"><a href="./distance.html" class="identifier">distance</a><iter,j>::value</span> <span class="pre">==</span> <span class="pre">n::value</span></tt> if <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">n::value</span> <span class="pre">></span> <span class="pre">0</span></tt>, and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre"><a href="./distance.html" class="identifier">distance</a><j,iter>::value</span> <span class="pre">==</span> <span class="pre">n::value</span></tt> otherwise.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="section" id="id409"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#complexity" name="complexity">Complexity</a></h3> <p>Amortized constant time if <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iter</span></tt> is a model of <a class="reference internal" href="./random-access-iterator.html">Random Access Iterator</a>, otherwise linear time.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="id410"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#example" name="example">Example</a></h3> <pre class="literal-block"> typedef <a href="./range-c.html" class="identifier">range_c</a><int,0,10> numbers; 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