Single statement method to remove elements from container

Question

Is there a single algorithm that removes elements from a container as happens in the following code?

vec_it = std::remove_if( vec.begin(), vec.end(), pred );
vec.erase( vec_it, vec.end() );

Answer 1

The idiomatic way to do it is like jalf has said. You can build your own function to do that more easily:

template<typename T, typename Pred> void erase_if(T &vec, Pred pred)
{
    vec.erase(std::remove_if(vec.begin(), vec.end(), pred), vec.end());
}

So you can use

std::vector<int> myVec;
// (...) fill the vector. (...)
erase_if(myVec, myPred);