lower_bound upper_bound
#include <iostream> // std::cout #include <algorithm> // std::lower_bound, std::upper_bound, std::sort #include <vector> // std::vector int main () { int myints[] = {10,20,30,30,20,10,10,20}; std::vector<int> v(myints,myints+8); // 10 20 30 30 20 10 10 20 std::sort (v.begin(), v.end()); // 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 std::vector<int>::iterator low,up; low=std::lower_bound (v.begin(), v.end(), 20); // ^ up= std::upper_bound (v.begin(), v.end(), 20); // ^ std::cout << "lower_bound at position " << (low- v.begin()) << '\n'; std::cout << "upper_bound at position " << (up - v.begin()) << '\n'; return 0; }