Thread: Using find() for vectors

hi ppl...

i have a vector of nodes called treenodes...ive just stored a node with the name 'pat' in it...everything else is as defined below:

Code:

char word[256];
ifstream in(filename);
in >> word;                      //this has pat in it...

//i make a new node with the name pat and push it onto the treenodes vector

vector< TreeNode * >::iterator j = find(treenodes.begin(),treenodes.end(),word);
        cout << (*j)->name;

the vector iterator line causes a runtime error...and Borland points me to string.h saying something about size of string...

when i try to do the above by using a for loop it works...

Code:

for(vector< TreeNode * >::iterator j  = treenodes.begin(); j != treenodes.end(); j++)
        {
                cout << (*j)->name;
        }

what's wrong with the first one?

Regards,

Farooq

nevermind...ill just use a map...pair will be node name and node itself...

thanks anyway

Farooq