How to remove a struct element from a vector?

Question

I\'m a newbie programmer and I\'m working on a program that holds a registry of pets in a hotel (some silly exercise we saw in class, doesn\'t matter). I\'m using vectors for ho

Answer 1

A vector is an unsorted container so the simple solutions are really your only choice.

void RemovePet(std::vector<Pet> & pets, std::string name) {
    pets.erase(
        std::remove_if(pets.begin(), pets.end(), [&](Pet const & pet) {
            return pet.Name == name;
        }),
        pets.end());
}

This is known as the Erase-remove idiom.

Note that this will remove all pets matching that name, not just one.