C++: give std::vector as array

There exist several ways to give a std::vector as an array. Suppose we have a vector std::vector vec. The ways are

• &vec[0]
• &vec.front()
• vec.data() supported by C++11

The following code should output as

print integer array: 0,1,2,3,4,
print integer vector: 0,1,2,3,4,
print float array: 0,1,4,9,16,
print float vector: 0,1,4,9,16,
print double array: 0,1,8,27,64,
print double vector: 0,1,8,27,64,

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

template <typename ValueType>
void printArray(
	const ValueType* array,
	const int size
)
{
	for(int n = 0; n < size; ++n)
	{
		std::cout << array[n] << ",";
	}
	std::cout << std::endl;
}

template <typename ValueType>
void printVector(
	const std::vector<ValueType> vec
)
{
	for(int n = 0; n < vec.size(); ++n)
	{
		std::cout << vec[n] << ",";
	}
	std::cout << std::endl;
}

template <typename ValueType>
ValueType square(
	const ValueType x
)
{
	return x*x;
}

template <typename ValueType>
ValueType cube(
	const ValueType x
)
{
	return x*x*x;
}

int main()
{
	int numData = 5;
    std::vector<int> vecI(numData);
    std::vector<float> vecF(numData);
    std::vector<double> vecD(numData);

    for(int n = 0; n < numData; ++n)
    {
        vecI[n] = n;
        vecF[n] = square((float)n);
        vecD[n] = cube((double)n);
    }

    std::cout << "print integer array: ";
    printArray(&vecI.front(), vecI.size());
    std::cout << "print integer vector: ";
    printVector(vecI);
    std::cout << "print float array: ";
    printArray(&vecF[0], vecF.size());
    std::cout << "print float vector: ";
    printVector(vecF);
    std::cout << "print double array: ";
    printArray(vecD.data(), vecD.size());
    std::cout << "print double vector: ";
    printVector(vecD);
}

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