#include question

[Robert Ambrose]

'>' and '<' are 'character references' which is used in
SGML/XML/HTML documents to 'escape' characters.  

So you include lines is really:

#include < list >

The declarations are really:

list < int > first;
list < int > second;

rna

On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Lucas Vogel wrote:

> I get a C++ tip of the day email, and I have found a line of code that I do
> not understand. Can anyone explain the #include line to me? The code sample
> is on merging two lists.
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> #include &lt; list &gt;
> using std::list; 
> 
> int main()
> {
> list &lt; int &gt; first;
> list &lt; int &gt; second;
> // fill both lists
> first.push_back(1);
> first.push_back(8); /* first is sorted */
> second.push_back(2);
> second.push_back(10); /* second is sorted */
> /* merge second into first */
> first.merge(second);
> /* at this point, second is empty and first */
> /* contains 4 elements in ascending order */
> } 
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
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