对const_iterator类型解引用,得到的是一个指向const对象的引用。
for (vector<string>::const_iterator iter = text.begin(); iter != text.end(); ++ iter){
cout << *iter << endl; //ok: print each element in text
*iter = " "; // error: *iter is const
}
vector<int> nums(10); // nums is nonconst
const vector<int>::iterator cit = nums.begin();
*cit = 1; // ok: cit can change its underlying element
++cit; // error: can't change the value of cit
const vector<int> nines(10, 9); // cannot change elements in nines
// error: cit2 could change the element it refers to and nines is const
const vector<int>::iterator cit2 = nines.begin();
// ok: it can't change an element value, so it can be used with a const vector<int>
vector<int>::const_iterator it = nines.begin();
*it = 10; // error: *it is const
++it; // ok: it isn't const so we can change its value
C++目前倾向于使用迭代器遍历容器中的元素,而不是使用下标访问的方式来访问容器中的元素。 可以使用iterator和const_iterator来访问元素,但是const类型的容器,那么只能用const_iterator来遍历。区别在于iterator可以改变元素的数值,但是const_iterator却不可以,主要限定在const 容器均可以++iter,而vector还可以iter-n, iter+n,n为一整型,iter1-iter2:结果是difference_type类型,表两元素的距离 c