1: //min1a.cpp
3: #include <iostream>
4: #include <vector>
5: #include <algorithm>
6: using namespace std;
8: int main()
9: {
10: cout << "\nThis program illustrates the use of the STL min() "
11: "algorithm (default version)\nto find the minimum of two "
12: "integer literal values, the minimum of two integer\nvalues "
13: "stored in simple integer variables, and (in two different "
14: "ways) the\nminimum of two integer values stored in a vector "
15: "of integers.";
16: cout << "\nPress Enter to continue ... "; cin.ignore(80, '\n');
18: cout << "\nFirst, we find the mminimum of two integer "
19: "literal values.\n";
20: cout << "min(12, -3) = " << min(12, -3);
21: cout << "\nPress Enter to continue ... "; cin.ignore(80, '\n');
23: int first = 7;
24: int second = 10;
25: cout << "\nNext, we find the minimum of two integer "
26: "\nvalues stored in simple integer variables.";
27: cout << "\nfirst = " << first << " second = " << second << endl;
28: cout << "min(first, second) = " << min(first, second);
29: cout << "\nPress Enter to continue ... "; cin.ignore(80, '\n');
31: int a[] = {2, 6, 10, 8, 4};
32: vector<int> v(a, a+5);
34: cout << "\nHere are the integer values in the vector:\n";
35: for (vector<int>::size_type i=0; i<v.size(); i++)
36: cout << v.at(i) << " ";
37: cout << "\nPress Enter to continue ... "; cin.ignore(80, '\n');
39: cout << "\nNow we find the minimum of the first and last values "
40: "\nstored in the vector of integers using one approach.";
41: cout << "\nmin(v.at(0), v.at(4)) = " << min(v.at(0), v.at(4));
42: cout << "\nPress Enter to continue ... "; cin.ignore(80, '\n');
44: cout << "\nFinally, we find the minimum of the first and last values "
45: "\nstored in the vector of integers using a second approach.";
46: cout << "\nmin(*v.begin(), *(v.end()-1)) = "
47: << min(*v.begin(), *(v.end()-1));
48: cout << "\nPress Enter to continue ... "; cin.ignore(80, '\n');
49: }