Question

im trying to locate the position of the minimum value in a vector, using STL find algorithm (and the min_element algorithm), but instead of returning the postion, its just giving me the value. E.g, if the minimum value is it, is position will be returned as 8 etc. What am I doing wrong here?

int value = *min_element(v2.begin(), v2.end()); cout << 'min value at position ' << *find(v2.begin(), v2.end(), value); 

Answer 1

min_element already gives you the iterator, no need to invoke find (additionally, it’s inefficient because it’s twice the work). Use distance or the - operator:

cout << 'min value at ' << min_element(v2.begin(), v2.end()) - v2.begin();