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Finding 2 lists if there is equal element?

Hi,

I have 2 list of class A, is there a STL algorithm which find out if
there is equal element between them (using == operator of A)?

Thank you.

Feb 24 '06 #1
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On 2006-02-24, Al************@ gmail.com <Al************ @gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

I have 2 list of class A, is there a STL algorithm which find out if
there is equal element between them (using == operator of A)?

Thank you.


std::sort the lists and use std::set_inters ection to create a
list of common elements.

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Neil Cerutti
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Feb 24 '06 #2
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I have 2 list of class A, is there a STL algorithm which find out if
there is equal element between them (using == operator of A)?


If the only comparison operator available is ==, then anything you do is
going to be slow because you have to compare all pairs of elements from the
two lists. You can use the find_first_of algorithm to do those comparisons.

If you have an order relation such as < available, there are other
algorithms, typically involving sorting, that will answer your question more
quickly on average. If you tell us what operations are available, we may be
able to suggest a strategy.
Feb 24 '06 #3

Neil Cerutti wrote:
On 2006-02-24, Al************@ gmail.com <Al************ @gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

I have 2 list of class A, is there a STL algorithm which find out if
there is equal element between them (using == operator of A)?

Thank you.


std::sort the lists and use std::set_inters ection to create a
list of common elements.


That assumes an operator<. You could also assume a function int
hash(A);
that could reduce the complexity to O(1).

HTH,
Michiel Salters

Feb 27 '06 #4

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