vector<string>::iterator - how to find position of an element

Question

I am using the following code to find a string in an std::vector of string type. But how to return the position of particular element?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    vector<string> vec;
    vector<string>::iterator it;

    vec.push_back("H");
    vec.push_back("i");
    vec.push_back("g");
    vec.push_back("h");
    vec.push_back("l");
    vec.push_back("a");
    vec.push_back("n");
    vec.push_back("d");
    vec.push_back("e");
    vec.push_back("r");

    it=find(vec.begin(),vec.end(),"r");
    //it++;

    if(it!=vec.end()){
        cout<<"FOUND AT : "<<*it<<endl;
    }
    else{
        cout<<"NOT FOUND"<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

Output:

FOUND AT : r

Expected Output:

FOUND AT : 9

Answer 1

You can use std::distance for that:

auto pos = std::distance(vec.begin(), it);

For an std::vector::iterator, you can also use arithmetic:

auto pos = it - vec.begin();

Answer 2

Use following :

if(it != vec.end())
   std::cout<< "Found At :" <<  (it-vec.begin())  ;

Answer 3

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    vector<string> vec;
    vector<string>::iterator it;

    vec.push_back("H");
    vec.push_back("i");
    vec.push_back("g");
    vec.push_back("h");
    vec.push_back("l");
    vec.push_back("a");
    vec.push_back("n");
    vec.push_back("d");
    vec.push_back("e");
    vec.push_back("r");

    it=find(vec.begin(),vec.end(),"a");
    //it++;
    int pos = distance(vec.begin(), it);

    if(it!=vec.end()){
        cout<<"FOUND  "<< *it<<"  at position: "<<pos<<endl;
    }
    else{
        cout<<"NOT FOUND"<<endl;
    }
    return 0;