On 01 Oct 97 17:13:21 GMT, Peter Mancini <peter_mancini@Sp-am-blo-ck.onesource.com> wrote:
: If I use remove(first, last, green) and then do erase( ) I end up with the
: following:

: red
: orange
: yellow
: blue
: indigo
: violet
: violet

Are you using a new value of vector<color>::end()? My guess is that the second
reference to violet is beyond the new end(), and so they just didn't bother
removing it.

-mi

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I have been using the STL for about 2 months now and have really enjoyed
it.  But recently I came across an issue when using a vector container.

Imagine a vector container with several objects, two of which are
identical. Let's use color names to represent the objects:

red
orange
yellow
green
green
blue
indigo
violet

If I use remove(first, last, green) and then do erase( ) I end up with the
following:

red
orange
yellow
blue
indigo
violet
violet

If the two green objects had been at the end, then everything would work
out as expected. If I try to remove and erase non-doubles those also work
out fine.  It is this one case that is a problem.

Can someone give me a hint so I can figure out what I am doing wrong?
Aren't duplicates allowed in vectors and other types of containers?

--Pete Mancini
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