std::reverse_iterator

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Defined in header <iterator>
template< class Iterator >

class reverse_iterator : public std::iterator<
                           typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::iterator_category,
                           typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type,
                           typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::difference_type,
                           typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::pointer,

                           typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::reference >

std::reverse_iterator is an iterator adaptor that reverses the direction of a given iterator. In other words, when provided with a bidirectional iterator, std::reverse_iterator produces a new iterator that moves from the end to the beginning of the sequence defined by the underlying bidirectional iterator.

For a reverse iterator r constructed from an iterator i, the relationship &*r == &*(i-1) is always true; thus a reverse iterator constructed from a one-past-the-end iterator dereferences to the last element in a sequence.

This is the iterator returned by member functions rbegin() and rend() of the standard library containers.

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[edit] Member types

Member type Definition
iterator_type Iterator
difference_type std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::difference_type
pointer std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::pointer
reference std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::reference

[edit] Member functions

constructs a new iterator adaptor
(public member function)
assigns another iterator
(public member function)
accesses the underlying iterator
(public member function)
accesses the pointed-to element
(public member function)
obtains rvalue reference to indexed element
(public member function)
advances or decrements the iterator
(public member function)

[edit] Member objects

Member name Definition
current (protected) a copy of the base() iterator

In addition to the current value of the underlying iterator, a typical implementation of std::reverse_iterator holds a decremented copy of the underlying iterator, which is used in dereferencing.

[edit] Non-member functions

compares the underlying iterators
(function template)
advances the iterator
(function template)
computes the distance between two iterator adaptors
(function template)

Inherited from std::iterator

Member types

Member type Definition
value_type  std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type
difference_type  std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::difference_type
pointer  std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::pointer
reference  std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::reference
iterator_category  std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::iterator_category

[edit] Example

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iterator>
 
int main()
{
    std::string s = "Hello, world";
    std::reverse_iterator<std::string::iterator> r = s.rbegin();
    r[7] = 'O'; // replaces 'o' with 'O' 
    r += 7; // iterator now points at 'O'
    std::string rev(r, s.rend());
    std::cout << rev << '\n';
}

Output:

OlleH

[edit] See also

the basic iterator
(class template)