begin
returns an iterator
to the first element in the sequence container.
end
returns an iterator
to the first element past the end.
If the vector object is const
, both begin
and end
return a const_iterator
. If you want a const_iterator
to be returned even if your vector is not const
, you can use cbegin
and cend
.
Example:
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
int main() {
std::vector<int> v = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }; //intialize vector using an initializer_list
for (std::vector<int>::iterator it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
std::cout << *it << " ";
}
return 0;
}
Output:
1 2 3 4 5