Thread: Can I use a local struct in the "set" container

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    Can I use a local struct in the "set" container

    Can I use a local struct to store data in the "set" conatiner? If so, what is the correct method to do so?

    Compiler: Sun Studio 10 on Unix (Sun Solaris)

    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    #include<set>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
      struct product
      {
        int id;
        string desc;
        double amt;
      } prdt;
    
      prdt.id = 1234;
      prdt.desc = "Credit Card";
      prdt.amt = 1000.00 ;
    
      cout << " This is a program to test set conatainer. " << endl
           << " Product ID is: " << prdt.id 
           << ", Product Desc is : " << prdt.desc 
           << ", Credit Card Limit is : " << prdt.amt << endl ;
      
    
    // Test program for 'set' container with a struct
     typedef std::set< product, std::less< int > > product_set;
    
      return 0;
    }

    Error Message:"testSet.c", line 26: Error: The local type "product" cannot be used as a template argument.
    "/opt/SunStudio10/SUNWspro/prod/include/CC/Cstd/./set", line 83: Error: The local type "product" cannot be used as a template argument.

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    You can use a user-defined object yes. However the set needs the < (less than) operator to be defined for that object.

    Read: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...erloading.html

    You will want to do something like:

    Code:
    bool  operator<(const product& lobj, const product &robj) {
        return lobj.id < robj.id;
    }
    That will be a non member function. And it will be used to determine if an object is "less than" another. The Set container is an associative ordered container. It needs that operator in order to determine where it will insert an element on the current list of objects.
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    I don't know, I just did as compiler suggested and it compiles
    Code:
    struct product
      {
        int id;
        string desc;
        double amt;
      } ;
    int main()
    {
      struct product
       prdt;
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    Can struct be declared in the main function?
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    Quote Originally Posted by zouyu1983
    Can struct be declared in the main function?
    Not if you want to use it inside a set, no. Local classes can't be passed as parameters to functions.
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    9 A local type, a type with no linkage or an unnamed type shall not be
    used as a template-argument for a template type-parameter. [Example:
    Code:
              void f()
              {
                      struct S { /* ... */ };
    
                      X<S> x3; // error: local type used as template-argument
              }
    --end example]
    From http://www.csci.csusb.edu/dick/c++std/cd2/index.html
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