Map Constructors & Destructors
Syntax:
#include <map> map(); map( const map& m ); map( iterator start, iterator end ); map( iterator start, iterator end, const key_compare& cmp ); map( const key_compare& cmp ); ~map();
The default constructor takes no arguments, creates a new instance of that map, and runs in constant time. The default copy constructor runs in linear time and can be used to create a new map that is a copy of the given map m.
You can also create a map that will contain a copy of the elements between start and end, or specify a comparison function cmp.
The default destructor is called when the map should be destroyed.
For example, the following code creates a map that associates a string with an integer:
struct strCmp { bool operator()( const char* s1, const char* s2 ) const { return strcmp( s1, s2 ) < 0; } }; ... map<const char*, int, strCmp> ages; ages["Homer"] = 38; ages["Marge"] = 37; ages["Lisa"] = 8; ages["Maggie"] = 1; ages["Bart"] = 11; cout << "Bart is " << ages["Bart"] << " years old" << endl;
Related Topics: Map operators