Trouble with STL and list container

[biot023]

Hallo.
I've only just started really using the STL, and so am very unfamiliar with its workings.
I have, in the protected section of a class declaration, the following code:
list<string> itm;
list::iterator<string> ptr;

This gives me the following error:
E2102 Cannot use template 'list<_Tp,_Alloc>' without specifying specialisation parameters

Things work out fine when I try 'list::iterator<string> ptr=itm.begin()', but I want an iterator that's permanently in scope within the class. I assume that I need to let the comiler know just what sort of iterator I want (list) in my declaration so that I can link it to the list in the constructor.
Does anyone know how to do this? & maybe know any links to idiot-proof FAQs or tutorials on the STL?

Any & all help gratefully appreciated.

Cheers,
Douglas JL

If it don't make you laugh, it ain't true.

 

[biot023]

Just realised - 'list::iterator<string> ptr=itm.begin()' doesn't work fine at all, even though all the help files show it being used thus.
I am well confused!

Douglas.

If it don't make you laugh, it ain't true.