Thread: Another template question...

Hi (again)

I just want to check that this is the correct way to use templates. I have just done an exercise from my book that requires me to create a template class that holds pairs of data. So I chose string name and int age. Then to store them in a vector to be able to access.

My code is:

Code:

template <class T, class U> class pairs
{
public:
	pairs(T n, U a)
		:name(n), age(a) {}



	T name;
	U age;
};

int main()
{
 
	vector<pairs<string, int>> pair;

	string name;
	int age;

	while(cin >> name >> age)
			pair.push_back(pairs<string, int>(name, age));


	
	for(int i = 0; i < pair.size(); ++i) {
		cout << pair[i].name << '\n' << pair[i].age << endl;
	}

	
	cin.get();

	return 0;
}

The code works, and I am aware that the data members of the class should be private. I've just left them public for ease of access.

Is this the correct way to implement templates and to use them to store information in a vector?

Thanks.