No matching constructor for initalization of 'ostream_iterator'

Question

for the code, why error, osteam_iterator is a template class ,why no matching constructor for initalization of \'ostream_iterator\', please give a help , thank you. define o

Answer 1

ostream_iterator constructor takes const CharT* delim as second parameter:

ostream_iterator(ostream_type& stream, const CharT* delim) (1)

ostream_iterator(ostream_type& stream) (2)

To make your code work, you need to pass in a string:

std::copy(sentence1.begin(), sentence1.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(cout, "1"));
//                                                                             ^^^^

Answer 2

The std::ostream_iterator takes a string as the second parameter to the constructor. This is the string that will be output after each integer in the sequence.

Answer 3

The ostream_iterator class definition looks like:

template< class T,
  class CharT = char,
  class Traits = std::char_traits<charT>>
class ostream_iterator /*...*/

whereas the respective constructor is declared as:

ostream_iterator(ostream_type& buffer, const CharT* delim)

Since the second template argument of an ostream_iterator is required to be of character type you cannot simply replace it with int.

If you ommit the second template parameter you can plug in a string literal of type char const *:

std::copy(sentence1.begin(), sentence1.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(cout, ","));

If C++11 is available to you then

int c = 5;
for ( auto v : sentence1 ) std::cout << v << c;

is another way of doing what you deserve and it might be suitable, too. The advantage is, that operator<< is more flexible than an argument of type "pointer to char type".