Removing item from vector while iterating?

Question

I have a vector that holds items that are either active or inactive. I want the size of this vector to stay small for performance issues, so I want items that have been mark

Answer 1

I agree with wilx's answer. Here is an implementation:

// curFiles is: vector < string > curFiles;

vector< string >::iterator it = curFiles.begin();

while(it != curFiles.end()) {

    if(aConditionIsMet) {

        it = curFiles.erase(it);
    }
    else ++it;
}