Thread: std::map error

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    std::map error

    I have a map that looks like this:
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    std::map<std::string, double> table;
    When I try this the compiler spews out a bunch of error messages that I don't understand:

    Code:
    std::string name = "foo";
    std::map<std::string, double>::iterator it = table.find(name);
    if (it == table.end()) {std::cout << "Variable not found" << std::endl;}

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    What's the error messages?
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    Code:
    error: conversion from ‘std::_Rb_tree_const_iterator<std::pair<const std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, double> >’ to non-scalar type ‘std::_Rb_tree_iterator<std::pair<const std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, double> >’ requested

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    From the error message, table is probably const is that context, so it should be:
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    std::map<std::string, double>::const_iterator it = table.find(name);
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    Yeah I figured it out. table is not declared const, but the member function this error occurred in was. I didn't think that would affect things like that.

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