allocator::difference_type

A signed integral type that can represent the difference between values of pointers to the type of object managed by the allocator.

typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type;

Remarks

The signed integer type describes an object that can represent the difference between the addresses of any two elements in a sequence that an object of template class allocator can allocate.

Example

// allocator_diff_type.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <memory>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main( ) 
{
   vector <int> v1;
   vector <int>::iterator v1Iter;
   vector <int>:: allocator_type v1Alloc;

   int i;
   for ( i = 0 ; i <= 7 ; i++ )
   {
      v1.push_back( i * 2 );
   }

   cout << "The original vector v1 is:\n ( " ;
   for ( v1Iter = v1.begin( ) ; v1Iter != v1.end( ) ; v1Iter++ )
      cout << *v1Iter << " ";
   cout << ")." << endl;

   allocator<int>::const_pointer v1PtrA, v1PtrB;
   const int kA = 4, kB =12;
   v1PtrA = v1Alloc.address( kA );
   v1PtrB = v1Alloc.address( kB );
   allocator<int>::difference_type v1diff = *v1PtrB - *v1PtrA;

   cout << "Pointer v1PtrA addresses " << *v1PtrA << "." << endl;
   cout << "Pointer v1PtrB addresses " << *v1PtrB <<  "." << endl;
   cout << "The difference between the integer's addresses is: "
        << v1diff << "." << endl;
}

The original vector v1 is:
 ( 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 ).
Pointer v1PtrA addresses 4.
Pointer v1PtrB addresses 12.
The difference between the integer's addresses is: 8.

Requirements

Header: <memory>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

allocator Class