Few ideas
Code:#include <iostream> #include <vector> #include <string> #include <algorithm> class name{ public: name(const std::string& first = "",//constructor const std::string& mid = "", const std::string& last = ""): lastName(last),firstName(first),middleIni(mid){} bool operator==(const name& theName_)const{//comparison return lastName == theName_.lastName && firstName == theName_.firstName && middleIni == theName_.middleIni; } private: std::string lastName,//data firstName, middleIni; friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& ,const name&); }; std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,const name& myName){//to allow printing out << myName.firstName << " " << myName.middleIni << " "; out << myName.lastName; return out; } int main(void) { std::vector<name> vec; vec.push_back(name("Joe","G","Bloggs")); vec.push_back(name("Frank","D","Drebbin")); vec.push_back(name("John","A","Smith")); vec.push_back(name("Tom","P","Jones")); vec.push_back(name("Ed","D","Wood")); std::copy(vec.begin(),vec.end(),//print vector std::ostream_iterator<name>(std::cout, "\n")); std::cout << vec.size() << " elements in vector" << std::endl; std::cout << std::endl << "Delete \"Jim P Duggan\"" << std::endl; vec.erase(std::remove(vec.begin(),vec.end(), name("Jim","P","Duggan")),vec.end()); std::copy(vec.begin(),vec.end(),//print vector std::ostream_iterator<name>(std::cout, "\n")); std::cout << vec.size() << " elements in vector" << std::endl; std::cout << std::endl << "Delete \"Tom P Jones\"" << std::endl; vec.erase(std::remove(vec.begin(),vec.end(), name("Tom", "P", "Jones")),vec.end());; std::copy(vec.begin(),vec.end(), std::ostream_iterator<name>(std::cout, "\n")); std::cout << vec.size() << " elements in vector" << std::endl; }
