Vector iterators

Question

I have a the following code.

vector* irds = myotherobj->getIRDs();//gets a pointer to the vector
for(vector::iterator it = ir         


        

Answer 1

Why do you want to get a pointer?

Use a reference:

for(vector::iterator it = irds->begin(); it != irds->end(); ++it)
{
    IRD & ird = *it;
    ird.doSomething();
}

Alternatively:

for(vector::iterator it = irds->begin(); it != irds->end(); ++it)
{
    it->doSomething();
}

Also, as everyone said, use != when comparing iterators, not <. While it'll work in this case, it'll stop working if you use a different container (and that's what iterators are for: abstracting the underlying container).