use of vector<int>::value_type?

[w3rd]

So JohnW: your Funtion() would be used like

std::vector<int> ivec;
std::vector<int>::value_type result = Function(ivec)

right? But it would work for different sequential containers with different value_types.

ok thank you both.
I am seeing it like through a mist now
Will get there.


OK one last question. Is there a difference between:
std::vector<int>::value_type search_value;
and
int search_value; ?