Using push back vs at in a vector in C

Question

I'm not sure how to use vectors in C++. 

It has to do with the vector's push back technique. 

I used push back to insert entries into the vector in the first programme. 

I used at() to insert entries into the vector in the second application.

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
  std::vector<string> myvector (3);

  cout << "In main" << endl;
  for (unsigned i=0; i<myvector.size(); i++)
  {
    myvector.push_back("hi");  //Note: using push_back here.
  }
  cout << "elements inserted into myvector" << endl;

  std::cout << "myvector contains:" << endl;
  for (auto v: myvector)
     cout << v << endl;

  // access 2nd element
  cout << "second element is " << myvector[1] << endl;

  return 0;
}

Output:   
Hangs after entering main.   
$ ./a.out   
In main

What is the problem with the way I used push back? 

This is one of the methods we use to put items into the vector, correct?

Answer 1

The issue in this loop:

for (unsigned i=0; i<myvector.size(); i++)
{
    myvector.push_back("hi");  //Note: using push_back here.
}

is that each push back will increase the size of the vector if you ever join the loop, i.e. myvector is not originally empty. 

Because I is increased once in the loop, it will never catch up to the size of the vector, resulting in an infinite loop.