find an element in a list
//erase an element in a list //Combine erase and remove to remove a found element #include <iostream> #include <string> #include <list> #include <algorithm> #include <functional> using namespace std; int main( ) { list<string> lstStr; lstStr.push_back("A"); lstStr.push_back("B"); lstStr.push_back("C"); lstStr.push_back("D"); lstStr.push_back("E"); list<string>::iterator p; p = find(lstStr.begin( ), lstStr.end( ), "C"); p = lstStr.erase(p); lstStr.erase(remove(lstStr.begin( ), lstStr.end( ), "D"),lstStr.end( )); }