<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <title>erase</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css" type="text/css"> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"> <link rel="home" href="../../../../index.html" title="Chapter 1. Range 2.0"> <link rel="up" href="../new.html" title="New algorithms"> <link rel="prev" href="copy_n.html" title="copy_n"> <link rel="next" href="for_each.html" title="for_each"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> <table cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr> <td valign="top"><img alt="Boost C++ Libraries" width="277" height="86" src="../../../../../../../../boost.png"></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../../../index.html">Home</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../../../libs/libraries.htm">Libraries</a></td> <td align="center"><a 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name="id854746"></a> <a class="link" href="erase.html#range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.prototype">Prototype</a> </h6> <p> </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">iterator_range</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">iterator</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">to_erase</span><span class="special">);</span> </pre> <p> </p> <a name="range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.description"></a><h6> <a name="id854884"></a> <a class="link" href="erase.html#range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.description">Description</a> </h6> <p> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">erase</span></code> the iterator range <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">to_erase</span></code> from the container <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">target</span></code>. </p> <p> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">remove_erase</span></code> performs the frequently used combination equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">remove</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">());</span></code> </p> <p> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">remove_erase_if</span></code> performs the frequently used combination equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">remove_if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">pred</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">());</span></code> </p> <a name="range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.definition"></a><h6> <a name="id855182"></a> <a class="link" href="erase.html#range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.definition">Definition</a> </h6> <p> Defined in the header file <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">algorithm_ext</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span></code> </p> <a name="range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.requirements"></a><h6> <a name="id855252"></a> <a class="link" href="erase.html#range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.requirements">Requirements</a> </h6> <div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Container</span></code> supports erase of an iterator range. </li></ol></div> <a name="range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.complexity"></a><h6> <a name="id855300"></a> <a class="link" href="erase.html#range.reference.algorithms.new.erase.complexity">Complexity</a> </h6> <p> Linear. Proprotional to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">distance</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">to_erase</span><span class="special">)</span></code>. </p> </div> <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003 -2010 Thorsten Ottosen, Neil Groves<p> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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