STL Map - simple question on looping

I have the following:

Code:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
using namespace std;


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    map <int, char> mp;
    map<int, char> :: iterator it;


    mp.insert(map <int, char> :: value_type(1,'A'));           //storing in sorted order -> A,B,C,D,E
    mp.insert(map <int, char> :: value_type(3,'C'));
    mp.insert(map <int, char> :: value_type(2,'B'));
    mp.insert(map <int, char> :: value_type(5,'E'));
    mp.insert(map <int, char> :: value_type(4,'D'));




    it = mp.begin();


   while(it != mp.end()){
             cout << (*it).first <<" ";                        // prints key
             cout << (*it).second << endl;                       //print data
             it++;
             }
    system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Is there a way to implement a loop to input the data sets? I have tried using the iterator as a loop counter but i end up with various errors. i guess that is not allowed.

One possibility

Code:

map <int, char> mp;
for( int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
   mp[i+1]='A' + i;

Kurt

Originally Posted by ZuK

One possibility

Code:

map <int, char> mp;
for( int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
   mp[i+1]='A' + i;

Kurt

following error:

Code:

||In function 'int main(int, char**)':|
12|error: no match for 'operator=' in 'mp[(i + 1)] = 66'|
c:\program files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.4.1\include\c++\bits\stl_map.h|251|note: candidates are: std::map<_Key, _Tp, _Compare, _Alloc>& std::map<_Key, _Tp, _Compare, _Alloc>::operator=(const std::map<_Key, _Tp, _Compare, _Alloc>&) [with _Key = int, _Tp = char, _Compare = std::less<int>, _Alloc = std::allocator<std::pair<const int, char> >]|
||=== Build finished: 1 errors, 0 warnings ===|

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <map>
using namespace std;
int main() {
    map <int, char> mp;
    for( int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
        mp[i+1]='A' + i;
    for ( map<int, char>::iterator it = mp.begin(); it != mp.end(); ++it ){
        cout << (*it).first <<" ";                        // prints key
        cout << (*it).second << endl;                      //print data
    }
}

works fine for me
my output:
1 A
2 B
3 C
4 D
5 E

Kurt

Originally Posted by skg29

following error:

Code:

||In function 'int main(int, char**)':|
12|error: no match for 'operator=' in 'mp[(i + 1)] = 66'|
c:\program files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.4.1\include\c++\bits\stl_map.h|251|note: candidates are: std::map<_Key, _Tp, _Compare, _Alloc>& std::map<_Key, _Tp, _Compare, _Alloc>::operator=(const std::map<_Key, _Tp, _Compare, _Alloc>&) [with _Key = int, _Tp = char, _Compare = std::less<int>, _Alloc = std::allocator<std::pair<const int, char> >]|
||=== Build finished: 1 errors, 0 warnings ===|

It seems to me like you must have declared an array of maps to get such an error, because it thinks you're trying to invoke the copy-constructor of the map itself. That would not happen if you just used the [] operator on a single map. Also, why are you trying to stick ints like 66 in there? It takes characters and if you want whatever character 66 is then just insert that character as a character.

Post the actual code you tried.

ok it worked. But how about making it more general. for example i want to build a map with <char><char> where the user inputs the data and decides when to end the loop.

What did you try so far ?