Replace list with vector and I think it should work.  I don't
think the operator[] is overloaded for list, because of the fact
that it's not random access.  Everything else should work, though.

Tanner

On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 05:34, M. Mueller (bhu5nji) wrote:
> I think I have some solid evidence to rank two STL books and it hinges on 
> example variety.
> 
> The Josuttis book examples (downloaded from the web) often show that sequence 
> container (vector, deque, list) elements can be directly accessed in a manner 
> similar to arrays:
> 
> list<string> a;
> 
> if (a[3] == "blah") doSomething();
> 
> I have a very simple language to parse.  I am told 4 position sensitive 
> things in a string.  I parse the string into a list, a,  of strings.  If 
> a.size() != 4 then I ignore the statement.  Otherwise, I start analysing 
> a[0]..a[3].
> 
> A quick scan of Josuttis examples suggests this approach will work.  The 
> Musser et al book was not so helpful. The Musser et al book does use this 
> technique and the book's formal definition of the technique is still hiding 
> from me. 
> 
> These books are nearly $50 each.
> 
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