algo/findend1.cpp

The following code example is taken from the book
The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference, 2nd Edition
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison Wesley Longman, 2012
Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc. and Nicolai M. Josuttis


#include "algostuff.hpp"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    deque<int> coll;
    list<int> subcoll;

    INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,1,7);
    INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,1,7);

    INSERT_ELEMENTS(subcoll,3,6);

    PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll,   "coll:    ");
    PRINT_ELEMENTS(subcoll,"subcoll: ");

    // search last occurrence of subcoll in coll
    deque<int>::iterator pos;
    pos = find_end (coll.begin(), coll.end(),         // range
                    subcoll.begin(), subcoll.end());  // subrange

    // loop while subcoll found as subrange of coll
    deque<int>::iterator end(coll.end());
    while (pos != end) { 
        // print position of first element
        cout << "subcoll found starting with element "
             << distance(coll.begin(),pos) + 1
             << endl;

        // search next occurrence of subcoll
        end = pos;
        pos = find_end (coll.begin(), end,               // range
                        subcoll.begin(), subcoll.end()); // subrange
    }
}