c++: std::advance (once) goes to end of list

Question

I've never walked into the following problem with iterators, so I really do not know where the solution might start. I have a LIST "StringOfPearls" which is permuted right before I do the following:

DNAr = StringOfPearls->begin(); // Added 1 element to the beginning of this list in earlier line of code
cout << "pos DNAr before bumping by 1: " << distance(DNAreplicase, StringOfPearls->begin()) << endl;
advance(DNAreplicase, 1);
cout << "pos DNAr after bumping by 1: " << distance(DNAreplicase, StringOfPearls->begin()) << endl;

Returns:

pos DNAr before bumping by 1: 0
pos DNAr after bumping by 1: 10

No doubt I'm just missing something silly, but can anyone help me out?

Answer 1

You are not using std::distance correctly. begin iterator is the first argument, e.g.

distance(StringOfPearls->begin(), DNAreplicase) 

This is the convention for all functions taking pairs of iterators denoting a range.