push_back with pointers on STL vectors

I'm going crazy here, I'd really appreciate some help. I have the following piece of code:

Code:

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vector<Type*> a_vector;

for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
        Type* ptr = new Type(this);
        a_vector.push_back(ptr);
        printf("i: %d, ptr: %p\n", i, ptr);
}

printf("size: %d, a_vector[0]: %p\n", a_vector.size(), a_vector[0]);

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And I get this result:

Code:

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i: 0, ptr: 0x80c8530
i: 1, ptr: 0x80c8648
i: 2, ptr: 0x80c8738
i: 3, ptr: 0x80c8828

size: 4, a_vector[0]: (nil)

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I don't get it: I print ptr before doing push_back and it isn't nil, the final size of a_vector is 4, which shows it has indeed inserted all the pointers, but then the first one (and the others too, actually) is nil. How is this possible? Thanks a lot.

Ok, don't mind me. I'm stupid. *sigh*. In case anyone's wondering, the problem was that I resized a_vector and then added elements at the back. In my defense I must say that it's been a looong loooooong time since I last used the STL (or C++, for that matter), and I had a really big test this morning, so my brain isn't working that good.

The problem is solved now but I feel really stupid :rolleyes:

why are you using printf?

indigo0086, if you don't know what printf does you should google it. (google.com) I hope that helps!

Anyway... I think his point is that you should use cout (for c++ projects) and not printf? I'll be specific for you since he wasn't

"printf() is arguably not broken, and scanf() is perhaps livable despite being error prone, however both are limited with respect to what C++ I/O can do. C++ I/O (using << and >>) is, relative to C (using printf() and scanf()):"

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit....html#faq-15.1

:-)

I was just saying, using the C++ STL while using a C standard output format seems counter intuitive

that does seem counter intuitive, i agree. too bad 90&#37; of the c++ tutorials i search through support it. the craziness. i prefer cout.

Use std::cout instead.

I know, I know, I'm not actually going to print anything in the final program, I was just checking on the values of my variables. I like cout way better than printf myself but it's been so long since I programmed in C++ and I'm so used to C my mind plays tricks on me sometimes. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

And you can always do something like
[code]vector.push_back(new type value) or something. Instead of having an intermediate value to push back. Don't forget to traverse the vector and delete any values when not needed, since just deleting a record will not do that for you.

Boost ptr_container FTW:
http://www.boost.org/libs/ptr_contai...c/headers.html