How do I find an element position in std::vector?

Question

I need to find an element position in an std::vector to use it for referencing an element in another vector:

int find( const vector& whe         


        

Answer 1

In this case, it is safe to cast away the unsigned portion unless your vector can get REALLY big.

I would pull out the where.size() to a local variable since it won't change during the call. Something like this:

int find( const vector& where, int searchParameter ){
    int size = static_cast(where.size());
    for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ ) {
       if( conditionMet( where[i], searchParameter ) ) {
           return i;
       }
    }
    return -1;
}