iota

_First

An input iterator that addresses the first element in the range to be filled.

_Last

An input iterator that addresses the last element in the range to be filled.

_Value

The starting value to store in the first element and to successively increment for subsequent elements.

The following example demonstrates some uses for the iota function by filling a list of integers and then filling a vector with the list so that the random_shuffle function can be used.

// compile by using: cl /EHsc /nologo /W4 /MTd
#include <algorithm>
#include <numeric>
#include <list>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    list <int> intList(10);
    vector <list<int>::iterator> intVec(intList.size());

    // Fill the list
    iota(intList.begin(), intList.end(), 0);

    // Fill the vector with the list so we can shuffle it
    iota(intVec.begin(), intVec.end(), intList.begin());

    random_shuffle(intVec.begin(), intVec.end());

    // Output results
    cout << "Contents of the integer list: " << endl;
    for (auto i: intList) {
        cout << i << ' ';
    }
    cout << endl << endl;

    cout << "Contents of the integer list, shuffled by using a vector: " << endl;
    for (auto i: intVec) {
        cout << *i << ' ';
    }
    cout << endl;
}

Contents of the integer list:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Contents of the integer list, shuffled by using a vector:

8 1 9 2 0 5 7 3 4 6

Header: <numeric>

Namespace: std

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