Thread: Using pointer to access list element

Hi,

I'm new to C++, I have the following pointer declaration:

Code:

list<Vertex*>* v = m->get_vertices();

now how can I access, say the first element of the vertex list.

I appreciate any help that you guys can offer.

std::list has a begin() member function that returns an iterator that points to the first element of the container.

Thanks for the tip. But what if I wanna access other elements, e.g. 3rd element. Do I just set up a counter and make the iterator points to that position?

yes, usually by using a loop.

if you're doing a lot of random access though, you might wanna use a vector instead.