std::advance

 

C++

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Regular expressions library (C++11)

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Technical Specifications

 

Iterator library

Iterator primitives
iterator_traits
input_iterator_tagoutput_iterator_tagforward_iterator_tagbidirectional_iterator_tagrandom_access_iterator_tag
iterator
Iterator adaptors
reverse_iterator move_iterator (C++11) back_insert_iterator front_insert_iterator insert_iterator	make_reverse_iterator (C++14) make_move_iterator (C++11) back_inserter front_inserter inserter
Stream iterators
istream_iterator
ostream_iterator
istreambuf_iterator
ostreambuf_iterator
Iterator operations
advance
distance
prev (C++11)
next (C++11)
Range access
begincbegin (C++11)(C++14)
endcend (C++11)(C++14)
rbegincrbegin (C++14)(C++14)
rendcrend (C++14)(C++14)
Container access
size (C++17)
empty (C++17)
data (C++17)

 

Defined in header <iterator>
template< class InputIt, class Distance > void advance( InputIt& it, Distance n );		(until C++17)
template< class InputIt, class Distance > constexpr void advance( InputIt& it, Distance n );		(since C++17)

Increments given iterator it by n elements.

If n is negative, the iterator is decremented. In this case, InputIt must meet the requirements of BidirectionalIterator, otherwise the behavior is undefined.

Parameters

it	-	iterator to be advanced
n	-	number of elements it should be advanced
Type requirements
- InputIt must meet the requirements of InputIterator.

Return value

(none)

Complexity

Linear.

However, if InputIt additionally meets the requirements of RandomAccessIterator, complexity is constant.

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>
 
int main() 
{
    std::vector<int> v{ 3, 1, 4 };
 
    auto vi = v.begin();
 
    std::advance(vi, 2);
 
    std::cout << *vi << '\n';
}

Output:

4

See also

next (C++11)	increment an iterator (function)
distance	returns the distance between two iterators (function)