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C++ Erase vector element by value rather than by position?

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erasethanelementvectorratherpositionvalue

Problem

vector myVector;


and lets say the values in the vector are this (in this order):

5 9 2 8 0 7


If I wanted to erase the element that contains the value of "8", I think I would do this:

myVector.erase(myVector.begin()+4);


Because that would erase the 4th element. But is there any way to erase an element based off of the value "8"? Like:

myVector.eraseElementWhoseValueIs(8);


Or do I simply just need to iterate through all the vector elements and test their values?

Solution

How about std::remove() instead:

#include 
...
vec.erase(std::remove(vec.begin(), vec.end(), 8), vec.end());


This combination is also known as the erase-remove idiom.

Code Snippets

#include <algorithm>
...
vec.erase(std::remove(vec.begin(), vec.end(), 8), vec.end());

Context

Stack Overflow Q#3385229, score: 581

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