Best way to split a vector into two smaller arrays?

Question

What I\'m trying to do:

I am trying to split a vector into two separate arrays. The current int vector contains an element per line in a text file. Th

Answer 1

Use iterators.

std::vector lines;
// fill
std::size_t const half_size = lines.size() / 2;
std::vector split_lo(lines.begin(), lines.begin() + half_size);
std::vector split_hi(lines.begin() + half_size, lines.end());

Since iterator ranges represent half open ranges [begin, end), you don't need to add 1 to the second begin iterator: lines.begin() + half_size isn't copied to the first vector.

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Note that things like

int split = lines.size() / 2;
int arrayA[split];
int arrayB[split];

Are not standard C++ (and as such not portable). These are so-called variable-length arrays (VLAs for short) and are a C99 thing. Some compilers have them as an extension while compiling C++ code (GCC, Clang). Always compile with -pedantic to get a warning. These VLAs act funky for non-POD types and aren't generally useful, since you can't even return them.