A Forward Iterator is an <ahref="./Input_Iterator.html">Input Iterator</a> that guarantees a linear traversal over the sequence.
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<h3>Refinement of</h3>
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<ahref="./Input_Iterator.html">Input Iterator</a>
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<h3>Valid expressions</h3>
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Forward Iterator does not define any new expressions beyond those defined in <ahref="./Input_Iterator.html">Input Iterator</a>. However, some of the restrictions described in <ahref="./Input_Iterator.html">Input Iterator</a> are relaxed.
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<tr><th> Expression </th><th> Expression type </th></tr>
<tr><td><code>typename i::next</code></td><td>A model of <ahref="./Forward_Iterator.html">Forward Iterator</a></td></tr>
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<h3>Invariants</h3>
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For any forward iterators i and j the following invariants always hold:
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<li>if <code>i</code> and <code>j</code> are dereferenceable and <code>i</code> is identical to <code>j</code>, then <code>i::next</code> is identical to <code>j::next</code>.