Converting between C++ std::vector and C array without copying

Question

I would like to be able to convert between std::vector and its underlying C array int* without explicitly copying the data.

Does std::vector provide access to the u

Answer 1

int* pv = &v[0]

Note that this is only the case for std::vector<>, you can not do the same with other standard containers.

Scott Meyers covers this topic extensively in his books.