Using one vector to construct another

[Chris Roth]

I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a vector
of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects so that
each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and delete?

Thanks

[darrylsh at hotmail]

On May 28, 4:28 pm, Chris Roth <[e-mail]:

I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a vector
of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects so that
each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and delete?

Thanks

vector vect_of_A;
for (size_t i = 0; i < vect_of_B.size();i++)
{
vect_of_a.push_back(A(vect_of_B[i]));
}

[Markus Schoder]

On Mon, 28 May 2007 14:59:19 -0700, darrylsh at hotmail wrote:

On May 28, 4:28 pm, Chris Roth <[e-mail]:

>I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a
vector of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects
so that each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and
delete?

Thanks

vector vect_of_A;

Adding

vect_of_A.reserve(vect_of_B.size());

here will avoid reallocations.

for (size_t i = 0; i < vect_of_B.size();i++) {
vect_of_a.push_back(A(vect_of_B[i]));
}

--
Markus Schoder

[Chris Roth]

Markus Schoder wrote:

On Mon, 28 May 2007 14:59:19 -0700, darrylsh at hotmail wrote:

>>On May 28, 4:28 pm, Chris Roth <[e-mail]:

>>>I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a
vector of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects
so that each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and
delete?

Thanks

vector vect_of_A;

Adding

vect_of_A.reserve(vect_of_B.size());

here will avoid reallocations.

>>for (size_t i = 0; i < vect_of_B.size();i++) {
vect_of_a.push_back(A(vect_of_B[i]));
}

Thanks to both.

[Salt_Peter]

On May 28, 5:28 pm, Chris Roth <[e-mail]:

I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a vector
of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects so that
each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and delete?

Thanks

With std::back_inserter...

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

class B { };

class A {
B m_b;
public:
A(const B& b) : m_b( b ) { }
};

int main()
{
std::vector< B vb(10);
std::vector< A va;
// reserve here
std::copy( vb.begin(), vb.end(), std::back_inserter(va) );
}

[Salt_Peter]

On May 28, 5:28 pm, Chris Roth <[e-mail]:

I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a vector
of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects so that
each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and delete?

Thanks

With std::back_inserter...

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>

class B { };

class A {
B m_b;
public:
A(const B& b) : m_b( b ) { }
};

int main()
{
std::vector< B vb(10);
std::vector< A va;
std::copy( vb.begin(), vb.end(), std::back_inserter(va) );
}

[Gianni Mariani]

Chris Roth wrote:

I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a vector
of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects so that
each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and delete?

Any iterator whose dereferenced type can be assigned to the type in the
vector can use this format:

std::vector<B> b;
....
std::vector<A> a( b.begin(), b.end() );

or

a.assign( b.begin(), b.end() );

[Markus Schoder]

On Mon, 28 May 2007 15:46:01 -0700, Salt_Peter wrote:

On May 28, 5:28 pm, Chris Roth <[e-mail]:

>I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a
vector of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects
so that each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and
delete?

Thanks

With std::back_inserter...

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>

class B { };

class A {
B m_b;
public:
A(const B& b) : m_b( b ) { }
};

int main()
{
std::vector< B vb(10);
std::vector< A va;
std::copy( vb.begin(), vb.end(), std::back_inserter(va) );
}

This of course works only if A's constructor is not explicit.

--
Markus Schoder

[James Kanze]

On May 29, 3:03 am, Markus Schoder <[e-mail]:

On Mon, 28 May 2007 15:46:01 -0700, Salt_Peter wrote:

On May 28, 5:28 pm, Chris Roth <[e-mail]:

I am constructing a vector of objects of class A. The constructor for
class A takes an instance of class B in its constructor. I have a
vector of B objects and would like to construct a vector of A objects
so that each is constructed using the corresponding B object.

Is this possible or do I need to use pointers along with new and
delete?

With std::back_inserter...

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>

class B { };

class A {
B m_b;
public:
A(const B& b) : m_b( b ) { }
};

int main()
{
std::vector< B vb(10);
std::vector< A va;
std::copy( vb.begin(), vb.end(), std::back_inserter(va) );
}

This of course works only if A's constructor is not explicit.

If A's constructor is not explicit, then:

std::vector< A va( vb.begin(), vb.end() ) ;

is all that is needed. If A's constructor is explicit, then you
probably need transform and a transforming object, or some sort
of transforming iterator. With transform:

struct XForm
{
A operator()( B const& b ) const
{
return static_cast< A >( b ) ;
}
} ;

std::transform( vb.begin(), vb.end(),
XForm(),
std::back_inserter( va ) ) ;

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