Stumped at a simple segmentation fault. C++

Could somebody be kind to explain why in the world this gives me a segmentation fault error?

#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

vector <doub开发者_如何学Pythonle>freqnote;

int main(){

freqnote[0] = 16.35;

cout << freqnote[0];

return 0;
}

I had other vectors in the code and this is the only vector that seems to be giving me trouble.

I changed it to vector<int>freqnote; and changed the value to 16 and I STILL get the segmentation fault. What is going on?

I have other vector ints and they give me correct results.

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Replace

freqnote[0] = 16.35;

with

freqnote.push_back(16.35);

and you'll be fine.

The error is due to that index being out-of-range. At the time of your accessing the first element via [0], the vector likely has a capacity of 0. push_back(), on the other hand, will expand the vector's capacity (if necessary).

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You can't initialise an element in a vector like that.

You have to go:

freqnote.push_back(16.35),

then access it as you would an array

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You're accessing vector out of bounds. First you need to initialize vector specifying it's size.

int main() {
    vector<int> v(10);
    v[0] = 10;
}

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As has been said, it's an issue about inserting an out of range index in the vector.

A vector is a dynamically sized array, it begins with a size of 0 and you can then extend/shrink it at your heart content.

There are 2 ways of accessing a vector element by index:

• vector::operator[](size_t) (Experts only)
• vector::at(size_t)

(I dispensed with the const overloads)

Both have the same semantics, however the second is "secured" in the sense that it will perform bounds checking and throw a std::out_of_range exception in case you're off bound.

I would warmly recommend performing ALL accesses using at.

The performance penalty can be shrugged off for most use cases. The operator[] should only be used by experts, after they have profiled the code and this spot proved to be a bottleneck.

Now, for inserting new elements in the vector you have several alternatives:

• push_back will append an element
• insert will insert the element in front of the element pointed to by the iterator

Depending on the semantics you wish for, both are to be considered. And of course, both will make the vector grow appropriately.

Finally, you can also define the size explicitly:

• vector(size_t n, T const& t = T()) is an overload of the constructor which lets you specify the size
• resize(size_t n, T const& t = T()) allows you to resize the vector, appending new elements if it gets bigger than it was

Both method allow you to supply an element to be copied (exemplar) and default to copying a default constructed object (0 if T is an int) if you don't supply the exemplar explicitly.

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Besides using push_back() to store new elements, you can also call resize() once before you start using the vector to specify the number of elements it contains. This is very similar to allocating an array.