How to delete a range of values from the Set using Iterator
Given a Set, the task is to delete a range of values from this Set using Iterator.
Example:
Input: set = [10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90], start_iterator = 3, end_iterator = 8 Output: 10 20 80 90 Input: set = [1 2 3 4 5] start_iterator = 1, end_iterator = 3 Output: 3 4 5
Approach: In this method, a range of elements are deleted from the set. This is done with the help of two iterators. The first iterator points at the starting element of the range and the second iterator points at the last element of the range. The first iterator is exclusive while the last iterator is inclusive which means that element will also get deleted which is pointed by the last iterator.
Syntax:
iterator erase (const_iterator startPositionIterator_exclusive, const_iterator endingPositionIterator_inclusive);
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
Program:
// C++ program to delete an element // of a Set by passing its value #include <iostream> #include <set> using namespace std; // Function to print the set void printSet(set< int > myset) { // Get the iterator set< int >::iterator it; // printing all the elements of the set for (it = myset.begin(); it != myset.end(); ++it) cout << ' ' << *it; cout << '\n' ; } // Function to delete the element of set void deleteRange(set< int > myset) { // printing all the elements of the set cout << "\nSet originally: " ; printSet(myset); // Get the starting Iterator at 3rd element set< int >::iterator start_itr = myset.begin(); start_itr++; start_itr++; // Get the ending Iterator at 2nd last element set< int >::iterator end_itr = myset.end(); end_itr--; end_itr--; // Erase the elements in the range // of the iterators passed as the parameter myset.erase(start_itr, end_itr); // printing all the elements of the set cout << "Set after deletion of range" << " from 3rd till 2nd last: " ; printSet(myset); } // Driver code int main() { set< int > myset; // Get the set for ( int i = 1; i < 10; i++) myset.insert(i * 10); // Delete an element from the Set deleteRange(myset); return 0; } |
Output:
Set originally: 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Set after deletion of range from 3rd till 2nd last: 10 20 80 90