Is it possible to iterate a vector from the end to the begin?
for (vector<my_class>::iterator i = my_vector.end();
i != my_vector.begin(); /* ?! */ ) {
}
Or is that only possible with something like that:
for (int i = my_vector.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
}
The best way is:
for (vector<my_class>::reverse_iterator i = my_vector.rbegin();
i != my_vector.rend(); ++i ) {
}
rbegin()
/rend()
were especially designed for that purpose. (And yes, incrementing a reverse_interator
moves it backward.)
Now, in theory, your method (using begin()
/end()
& --i
) would work, std::vector
's iterator being bidirectional, but remember, end()
isn't the last element — it's one beyond the last element, so you'd have to decrement first, and you are done when you reach begin()
— but you still have to do your processing.
vector<my_class>::iterator i = my_vector.end();
while (i != my_vector.begin())
{
--i;
/*do stuff */
}
UPDATE: I was apparently too aggressive in re-writing the for()
loop into a while()
loop. (The important part is that the --i
is at the beginning.)