Question

int main()
{
vector<int> v(5);
v[0]=0; v[1]=1; v[2]=2; v[3]=3; v[4]=4;

for (int i=0; i<v.size(); i++)
    v.pop_back();
for (int i=0; i<v.size(); i++)
    cout<<v[i];
cout<<"\n";

return 0;
}

i am confused as to why the output is “01”. i would think the output is “0”

Answer 1

Trace each iteration of the first for-loop through:

i   v.size()    v (before pop_back)
0   5           0,1,2,3,4
1   4           0,1,2,3
2   3           0,1,2
3   2           0, 1

And the loop stops there (not popping when i == 3) since 3 < 2 is false. So the final contents of v after the loop is [ 0, 1 ].