Remove an array element and shift the remaining ones

Question

How do I remove an element of an array and shift the remaining elements down. So, if I have an array,

array[]={1,2,3,4,5} 

and want to del

Answer 1

You can't achieve what you want with arrays. Use vectors instead, and read about the std::remove algorithm. Something like:

std::remove(array, array+5, 3)

will work on your array, but it will not shorten it (why -- because it's impossible). With vectors, it'd be something like

v.erase(std::remove(v.begin(), v.end(), 3), v.end())