Removing an object from a range

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:43:12 -0500, Andrej M. <none at none.com> wrote:

> I can't seem to find an easy remove method in std.algorithm that takes  
> an object and a range (an array in this case) and removes any matches  
> from the range. I'm using this snippet for now:
>
> private DrawingElement[] elements;
>
> public override void Remove(DrawingElement d)
> {
>     foreach (i, child; elements)
>     {
>         if (child == d)
>         {
>             elements = remove(elements, i);
>             break;
>         }
>     }
> }
>
> Ugly! :)
>
> It's a direct port from some C# code so don't mind the silly variable  
> names.

does this work?

elementsRemoved = std.algorithm.remove!((child){return child ==  
d})(elements);

 From there, you can shrink the original array like:

elements = elements[0..$-elementsRemoved.length];

Search for remove on  
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_algorithm.html (there are  
several cases, look for the one that takes a predicate)

-Steve