what the frik is a ....."typedef iterator"

i know i know i should just look it up ( and i shall) but if anyones in the mood for explaining it quickly please do

lemme summarize for you.
the typedef iterator is based on the abstract pattern
where the implementation is left blank
and for instance:
QList<QString>::iterator i = list.end();
the iterator takes on the QString type
yes, no?
do i r0ck 0r w0t??

thanks rick i finally got it!

An iterator is used to loop through a collection of same type objects

i think you could use an iterator in one of the other threads where i mentioned the questionaire example wrt the reflection pattern. where you would have to loop through a whole lot of widgets so correct me if i'm wrong could we do this for that case;

say myVariant was passed a list of the widgets on a form

QVariantList list = myVariant.toList();
QVariantList::Iterator it = list.begin();


while(it != list.end())
{
QVariant testV = QVariant(*it);
if (testv.typeName() == "QEditbox" -------------> heres where i get stuck Qvariant doesn't have types for any Qwidgets that i can see , even Qvariant::canConvert doesn't have qwidget types!!!

++it;
}t

Maybe your problem stems from the fact that widgets are classes and not native types. QVariant is maybe not the class to use to iterate widgets?

You are using an iterator when you use "foreach", no need to reference it specifically.

Like

QStringList l;
l << "Hi" << "There";
foreach (QString str : lst) {
  qDebug() << str << endl;
}

And for your QVariant problem...
Maybe you can get a QObject from your QVariant and do a typecast.

thanks guys and good luck with the exam today!!