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#### distance

###### Description

Returns the distance between 2 iterators.

###### Synopsis

    template<
        typename I,
        typename J
        >
    typename result_of::distance<I, J>::type distance(I const& i, J const& j);

Table 1.5. Parameters

Parameter | Requirement | Description
--- | --- | ---
`i`, `j` | Models of Forward Iterator into the same sequence | The start and end points of the distance to be measured

###### Expression Semantics

    distance(i,j);

Return type: `int`

Semantics: Returns the distance between iterators `i` and `j`.

###### Header

    #include <boost/fusion/iterator/distance.hpp>
    #include <boost/fusion/include/distance.hpp>

###### Example

    typedef vector<int,int,int> vec;

    vec v(1,2,3);
    assert(distance(begin(v), next(next(begin(v)))) == 2);