c++ - Compare vector<T>::iterator with vector<T>::reverse_iterator

Question

I am working on an exercise where I have a vector and I am writing my own reverse algorithm by using a reverse and a normal (forward) iterator to reverse the content of the vector. However, I am not able to compare the iterators.

int vals[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 };
vector<int> numbers(vals, vals + 10);

vector<int>::iterator       start = numbers.begin();
vector<int>::reverse_iterator end = numbers.rend();

I have a previous algorithm for reversing the vector by using two iterators, however in this task I am not able to compare them using the != operator between them. My guess would be to get the underlying pointers or indexes in the vector with each other but how do I get the pointers/index?

Answer 1

Do a comparison using the the iterator returned by base(): it == rit.base() - 1.