The following code example is taken from the book
Object-Oriented Programming in C++
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Wiley, 2002
© Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <string>
int main()
{
// datatype of the collection
typedef std::multimap<int,std::string> IntStringMMap;
IntStringMMap coll; // multimap container for int/string value pairs
// insert some unordered elements
// - two elements have the key 5
coll.insert(std::make_pair(5,"heavy"));
coll.insert(std::make_pair(2,"best"));
coll.insert(std::make_pair(1,"The"));
coll.insert(std::make_pair(4,"are:"));
coll.insert(std::make_pair(5,"long"));
coll.insert(std::make_pair(3,"parties"));
/* output the values of all elements
* - an iterator iterates over all elements
* - using second, the value of the element is accessed
*/
IntStringMMap::iterator pos;
for (pos = coll.begin(); pos != coll.end(); ++pos) {
std::cout << pos->second << ' ';
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}