Thread: how do i use maps?

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    how do i use maps?

    looked around, didn't see any tutorials or whatnot, so now i'm asking you guys......

    how do you use the map variable? do i HAVE to have the namespace thing? I need to know EXACTLY what I need for them, will they work with visual studio? what library file do i need? which header files? etc....

    thanks in advance.

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    you will find tutorials on the web but the best place to learn STL is from a book and the best book is The c++ standard library by nicolai jossutis.
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    Here's a quick example:

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <map>
    #include <string>
    
    #include <cmath> // For atan( )
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main( void ) {
    
    	map< string, double > theMap;
    
    	theMap[ "pi" ] = 4 * atan( 1 );
    
    	cout<<"pi="<<theMap[ "pi" ]<<endl;
    
    	return 0;
    
    }
    Last edited by XSquared; 03-15-2003 at 02:15 PM.
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