remove_by_index STL function to remove items from a STL collection by index

remove_by_index.hpp

template <class _FwdIt, class _FwdIt2>
_FwdIt remove_by_index(_FwdIt first, 
  		       _FwdIt last,
                       _FwdIt2 sortedIndexFirst, 
                       _FwdIt2 sortedIndexLast)
{
	_FwdIt copyFrom = first;
	_FwdIt copyTo = first;
	_FwdIt2 currentIndex = sortedIndexFirst;

	size_t index = 0;
	for (; copyFrom != last; ++copyFrom, ++index)
	{
		if (currentIndex != sortedIndexLast &&
			index == *currentIndex)
		{
			// Should not delete this item, so don't increment copyTo
			++currentIndex;
		}
		else
		{
			// Copy the values if we're at different locations
			if (copyFrom != copyTo)
				*copyTo = *copyFrom;
			++copyTo;
		}
	}
	return copyTo;
}

sample.cpp

#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	std::vector<int> myVector;

	for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
		myVector.push_back(i * 10);

	std::vector<size_t> deleteIndex;
	deleteIndex.push_back(3);
	deleteIndex.push_back(6);

	myVector.erase(
		remove_by_index(myVector.begin(), myVector.end(), deleteIndex.begin(), deleteIndex.end()), 
		myVector.end());

	for (std::vector<int>::iterator it = myVector.begin();
		it != myVector.end(); ++it)
	{
		_tprintf(_T("%d "), *it);
	}

	return 0;
}