# <map> <map> # `` * * * Include the [STL](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_index.html#STL) standard header **``** to define the [container](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_lib_cont.html#Containers) template classes `map` and `multimap`, and their supporting templates. namespace std { template class map; template class multimap; // TEMPLATE FUNCTIONS template bool operator==( const map& left, const map& right); template bool operator==( const multimap& left, const multimap& right); template bool operator!=( const map& left, const map& right); template bool operator!=( const multimap& left, const multimap& right); template bool operator<( const map& left, const map& right); template bool operator<( const multimap& left, const multimap& right); template bool operator>( const map& left, const map& right); template bool operator>( const multimap& left, const multimap& right); template bool operator<=( const map& left, const map& right); template bool operator<=( const multimap& left, const multimap& right); template bool operator>=( const map& left, const map& right); template bool operator>=( const multimap& left, const multimap& right); template void swap( map& left, map& right); template void swap( multimap& left, multimap& right); } // namespace stdCopy to clipboard ## `map` * * * **`allocator_type· begin· clear· const_iterator· const_pointer· const_reference· const_reverse_iterator· count· difference_type· empty· end· equal_range· erase· find· get_allocator· insert· iterator· key_comp· key_compare· key_type· lower_bound· map· mapped_type· max_size· operator[]· pointer· rbegin· reference· rend· reverse_iterator· size· size_type· swap· upper_bound· value_comp· value_compare· value_type`** * * * template, class Alloc = allocator > > class map { public: typedef Key key_type; typedef Ty mapped_type; typedef Pr key_compare; typedef Alloc allocator_type; typedef pair value_type; class value_compare; typedef Alloc::pointer pointer; typedef Alloc::const_pointer const_pointer; typedef Alloc::reference reference; typedef Alloc::const_reference const_reference; typedef T0 iterator; typedef T1 const_iterator; typedef T2 size_type; typedef T3 difference_type; typedef reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator; typedef reverse_iterator reverse_iterator; map(); explicit map(const Pr& pred); map(const Pr& pred, const Alloc& al); map(const map& right); template map(InIt first, InIt last); template map(InIt first, InIt last, const Pr& pred); template map(InIt first, InIt last, const Pr& pred, const Alloc& al); iterator begin(); const_iterator begin() const; iterator end(); const_iterator end() const; reverse_iterator rbegin(); const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const; reverse_iterator rend(); const_reverse_iterator rend() const; size_type size() const; size_type max_size() const; bool empty() const; Alloc get_allocator() const; mapped_type& operator[](const Key& keyval); pair insert(const value_type& val); iterator insert(iterator where, const value_type& val); template void insert(InIt first, InIt last); iterator erase(iterator where); iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last); size_type erase(const Key& keyval); void clear(); void swap(map& right); key_compare key_comp() const; value_compare value_comp() const; iterator find(const Key& keyval); const_iterator find(const Key& keyval) const; size_type count(const Key& keyval) const; iterator lower_bound(const Key& keyval); const_iterator lower_bound(const Key& keyval) const; iterator upper_bound(const Key& keyval); const_iterator upper_bound(const Key& keyval) const; pair equal_range(const Key& keyval); pair equal_range(const Key& keyval) const; };Copy to clipboard The template class describes an object that controls a varying-length sequence of elements of type `pair`. The sequence is [ordered by](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_lib_stl.html#sequence%20ordering) the predicate `Pr`. The first element of each pair is the **sort key** and the second is its associated **value**. The sequence is represented in a way that permits lookup, insertion, and removal of an arbitrary element with a number of operations proportional to the logarithm of the number of elements in the sequence (logarithmic time). Moreover, inserting an element invalidates no iterators, and removing an element invalidates only those iterators which point at the removed element. The object orders the sequence it controls by calling a stored **function object** of type `Pr`. You access this stored object by calling the member function `key_comp()`. Such a function object must impose a [strict weak ordering](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_lib_stl.html#strict%20weak%20ordering) on sort keys of type `Key`. For any element `X` that precedes `Y` in the sequence, `key_comp()(Y.first, X.first)` is false. (For the default function object `less`, sort keys never decrease in value.) Unlike template class `multimap`, an object of template class `map` ensures that `key_comp()(X.first, Y.first)` is true. (Each key is unique.) The object allocates and frees storage for the sequence it controls through a stored [allocator object](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_memory.html#allocator%20object) of class `Alloc`. Such an allocator object must have the same external interface as an object of template class [`allocator`](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_memory.html#allocator). Note that the stored allocator object is *not* copied when the container object is assigned. ### `map::allocator_type` typedef Alloc allocator_type;Copy to clipboard The type is a synonym for the template parameter `Alloc`. ### `map::begin` const_iterator begin() const; iterator begin();Copy to clipboard The member function returns a bidirectional iterator that points at the first element of the sequence (or just beyond the end of an empty sequence). ### `map::clear` void clear();Copy to clipboard The member function calls `erase( begin(), end())`. ### `map::const_iterator` typedef T1 const_iterator;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a constant bidirectional iterator for the controlled sequence. It is described here as a synonym for the implementation-defined type `T1`. ### `map::const_pointer` typedef Alloc::const_pointer const_pointer;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a constant pointer to an element of the controlled sequence. ### `map::const_reference` typedef Alloc::const_reference const_reference;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a constant reference to an element of the controlled sequence. ### `map::const_reverse_iterator` typedef reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a constant reverse bidirectional iterator for the controlled sequence. ### `map::count` size_type count(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the number of elements in the range `[lower_bound(keyval), upper_bound(keyval)).` ### `map::difference_type` typedef T3 difference_type;Copy to clipboard The signed integer type describes an object that can represent the difference between the addresses of any two elements in the controlled sequence. It is described here as a synonym for the implementation-defined type `T3`. ### `map::empty` bool empty() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns true for an empty controlled sequence. ### `map::end` const_iterator end() const; iterator end();Copy to clipboard The member function returns a bidirectional iterator that points just beyond the end of the sequence. ### `map::equal_range` pair equal_range(const Key& keyval); pair equal_range(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns a pair of iterators `X` such that `X.first == lower_bound(keyval)` and `X.second == upper_bound(keyval)`. ### `map::erase` iterator erase(iterator where); iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last); size_type erase(const Key& keyval);Copy to clipboard The first member function removes the element of the controlled sequence pointed to by `where`. The second member function removes the elements in the interval `[first, last)`. Both return an iterator that designates the first element remaining beyond any elements removed, or `end()` if no such element exists. The third member function removes the elements with sort keys in the range `[lower_bound(keyval), upper_bound(keyval)).` It returns the number of elements it removes. The member functions never throw an exception. In this [implementation](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_index.html#implementation), the first two member functions return an iterator that designates the first element remaining beyond any elements removed, or `end()` if no such element exists. ### `map::find` iterator find(const Key& keyval); const_iterator find(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns an iterator that designates the element in the controlled sequence whose sort key has [equivalent ordering](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_lib_stl.html#equivalent%20ordering) to `keyval`. If no such element exists, the function returns `end()`. ### `map::get_allocator` Alloc get_allocator() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the stored [allocator object](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_memory.html#allocator%20object). ### `map::insert` pair insert(const value_type& val); iterator insert(iterator where, const value_type& val); template void insert(InIt first, InIt last);Copy to clipboard The first member function determines whether an element `X` exists in the sequence whose key has [equivalent ordering](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_lib_stl.html#equivalent%20ordering) to that of `val`. If not, it creates such an element `X` and initializes it with `val`. The function then determines the iterator `where` that designates `X`. If an insertion occurred, the function returns `pair(where, true)`. Otherwise, it returns `pair(where, false)`. The second member function returns `insert(val).first`, using `where` as a starting place within the controlled sequence to search for the insertion point. (Insertion can occur in amortized constant time, instead of logarithmic time, if the insertion point immediately precedes or follows `where`.) The third member function inserts the sequence of element values, for each `where` in the range `[first, last)`, by calling `insert(*where)`. If an exception is thrown during the insertion of a single element, the container is left unaltered and the exception is rethrown. If an exception is thrown during the insertion of multiple elements, the container is left in a stable but unspecified state and the exception is rethrown. ### `map::iterator` typedef T0 iterator;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a bidirectional iterator for the controlled sequence. It is described here as a synonym for the implementation-defined type `T0`. ### `map::key_comp` key_compare key_comp() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the stored function object that determines the order of elements in the controlled sequence. The stored object defines the member function: bool operator()(const Key& left, const Key& right);Copy to clipboard which returns true if `left` strictly precedes `right` in the sort order. ### `map::key_compare` typedef Pr key_compare;Copy to clipboard The type describes a function object that can compare two sort keys to determine the relative order of two elements in the controlled sequence. ### `map::key_type` typedef Key key_type;Copy to clipboard The type describes the sort key object stored in each element of the controlled sequence. ### `map::lower_bound` iterator lower_bound(const Key& keyval); const_iterator lower_bound(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns an iterator that designates the earliest element `X` in the controlled sequence for which `key_comp()(X. first, keyval)` is false. If no such element exists, the function returns `end()`. ### `map::map` map(); explicit map(const Pr& pred); map(const Pr& pred, const Alloc& al); map(const map& right); template map(InIt first, InIt last); template map(InIt first, InIt last, const Pr& pred); template map(InIt first, InIt last, const Pr& pred, const Alloc& al);Copy to clipboard All constructors store an [allocator object](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_memory.html#allocator%20object) and initialize the controlled sequence. The allocator object is the argument `al`, if present. For the copy constructor, it is `right.get_allocator()`. Otherwise, it is `Alloc()`. All constructors also store a function object that can later be returned by calling `key_comp()`. The function object is the argument `pred`, if present. For the copy constructor, it is `right.key_comp()`). Otherwise, it is `Pr()`. The first three constructors specify an empty initial controlled sequence. The fourth constructor specifies a copy of the sequence controlled by `right`. The last three constructors specify the sequence of element values `[first, last)`. ### `map::mapped_type` typedef Ty mapped_type;Copy to clipboard The type is a synonym for the template parameter `Ty`. ### `map::max_size` size_type max_size() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the length of the longest sequence that the object can control. ### `map::operator[]` mapped_type& operator[](const Key& keyval);Copy to clipboard The member function effectively determines the iterator `where` as the return value of `insert( value_type(keyval, Ty())`. (It inserts an element with the specified key if no such element exists.) It then returns a reference to `(*where).second`. ### `map::pointer` typedef Alloc::pointer pointer;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a pointer to an element of the controlled sequence. ### `map::rbegin` const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const; reverse_iterator rbegin();Copy to clipboard The member function returns a reverse bidirectional iterator that points just beyond the end of the controlled sequence. Hence, it designates the beginning of the reverse sequence. ### `map::reference` typedef Alloc::reference reference;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a reference to an element of the controlled sequence. ### `map::rend` const_reverse_iterator rend() const; reverse_iterator rend();Copy to clipboard The member function returns a reverse bidirectional iterator that points at the first element of the sequence (or just beyond the end of an empty sequence). Hence, it designates the end of the reverse sequence. ### `map::reverse_iterator` typedef reverse_iterator reverse_iterator;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a reverse bidirectional iterator for the controlled sequence. ### `map::size` size_type size() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the length of the controlled sequence. ### `map::size_type` typedef T2 size_type;Copy to clipboard The unsigned integer type describes an object that can represent the length of any controlled sequence. It is described here as a synonym for the implementation-defined type `T2`. ### `map::swap` void swap(map& right);Copy to clipboard The member function swaps the controlled sequences between `*this` and `right`. If `get_allocator() == right.get_allocator()`, it does so in constant time, it throws an exception only as a result of copying the stored function object of type `Pr`, and it invalidates no references, pointers, or iterators that designate elements in the two controlled sequences. Otherwise, it performs a number of element assignments and constructor calls proportional to the number of elements in the two controlled sequences. ### `map::upper_bound` iterator upper_bound(const Key& keyval); const_iterator upper_bound(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns an iterator that designates the earliest element `X` in the controlled sequence for which `key_comp()(keyval, X.first)` is true. If no such element exists, the function returns `end()`. ### `map::value_comp` value_compare value_comp() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns a function object that determines the order of elements in the controlled sequence. ### `map::value_compare` class value_compare : public binary_function { public: bool operator()(const value_type& left, const value_type& right) const {return (comp(left.first, right.first)); } protected: value_compare(key_compare pr) : comp(pr) {} key_compare comp; };Copy to clipboard The type describes a function object that can compare the sort keys in two elements to determine their relative order in the controlled sequence. The function object stores an object **`comp`** of type `key_compare`. The member function **`operator()`** uses this object to compare the sort-key components of two element. ### `map::value_type` typedef pair value_type;Copy to clipboard The type describes an element of the controlled sequence. ## `multimap` * * * **`allocator_type· begin· clear· const_iterator· const_pointer· const_reference· const_reverse_iterator· count· difference_type· empty· end· equal_range· erase· find· get_allocator· insert· iterator· key_comp· key_compare· key_type· lower_bound· mapped_type· max_size· multimap· rbegin· reference· rend· reverse_iterator· size· size_type· swap· upper_bound· value_comp· value_compare· value_type`** * * * template, class Alloc = allocator > > class multimap { public: typedef Key key_type; typedef Ty mapped_type; typedef Pr key_compare; typedef Alloc allocator_type; typedef pair value_type; class value_compare; typedef Alloc::reference reference; typedef Alloc::const_reference const_reference; typedef T0 iterator; typedef T1 const_iterator; typedef T2 size_type; typedef T3 difference_type; typedef reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator; typedef reverse_iterator reverse_iterator; multimap(); explicit multimap(const Pr& pred); multimap(const Pr& pred, const Alloc& al); multimap(const multimap& right); template multimap(InIt first, InIt last); template multimap(InIt first, InIt last, const Pr& pred); template multimap(InIt first, InIt last, const Pr& pred, const Alloc& al); iterator begin(); const_iterator begin() const; iterator end(); const_iterator end() const; reverse_iterator rbegin(); const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const; reverse_iterator rend(); const_reverse_iterator rend() const; size_type size() const; size_type max_size() const; bool empty() const; Alloc get_allocator() const; iterator insert(const value_type& val); iterator insert(iterator where, const value_type& val); template void insert(InIt first, InIt last); iterator erase(iterator where); iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last); size_type erase(const Key& keyval); void clear(); void swap(multimap& right); key_compare key_comp() const; value_compare value_comp() const; iterator find(const Key& keyval); const_iterator find(const Key& keyval) const; size_type count(const Key& keyval) const; iterator lower_bound(const Key& keyval); const_iterator lower_bound(const Key& keyval) const; iterator upper_bound(const Key& keyval); const_iterator upper_bound(const Key& keyval) const; pair equal_range(const Key& keyval); pair equal_range(const Key& keyval) const; };Copy to clipboard The template class describes an object that controls a varying-length sequence of elements of type `pair`. The sequence is [ordered by](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_lib_stl.html#sequence%20ordering) the predicate `Pr`. The first element of each pair is the **sort key** and the second is its associated **value**. The sequence is represented in a way that permits lookup, insertion, and removal of an arbitrary element with a number of operations proportional to the logarithm of the number of elements in the sequence (logarithmic time). Moreover, inserting an element invalidates no iterators, and removing an element invalidates only those iterators which point at the removed element. The object orders the sequence it controls by calling a stored **function object** of type `Pr`. You access this stored object by calling the member function `key_comp()`. Such a function object must impose a [strict weak ordering](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_lib_stl.html#strict%20weak%20ordering) on sort keys of type `Key`. For any element `X` that precedes `Y` in the sequence, `key_comp()(Y.first, X.first)` is false. (For the default function object `less`, sort keys never decrease in value.) Unlike template class `map`, an object of template class `multimap` does not ensure that `key_comp()(X.first, Y.first)` is true. (Keys need not be unique.) The object allocates and frees storage for the sequence it controls through a stored [allocator object](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_memory.html#allocator%20object) of class `Alloc`. Such an allocator object must have the same external interface as an object of template class [`allocator`](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_memory.html#allocator). Note that the stored allocator object is *not* copied when the container object is assigned. ### `multimap::allocator_type` typedef Alloc allocator_type;Copy to clipboard The type is a synonym for the template parameter `Alloc`. ### `multimap::begin` const_iterator begin() const; iterator begin();Copy to clipboard The member function returns a bidirectional iterator that points at the first element of the sequence (or just beyond the end of an empty sequence). ### `multimap::clear` void clear();Copy to clipboard The member function calls `erase( begin(), end())`. ### `multimap::const_iterator` typedef T1 const_iterator;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a constant bidirectional iterator for the controlled sequence. It is described here as a synonym for the implementation-defined type `T1`. ### `multimap::const_pointer` typedef Alloc::const_pointer const_pointer;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a constant pointer to an element of the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::const_reference` typedef Alloc::const_reference const_reference;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a constant reference to an element of the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::const_reverse_iterator` typedef reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a constant reverse bidirectional iterator for the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::count` size_type count(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the number of elements in the range `[lower_bound(keyval), upper_bound(keyval)).` ### `multimap::difference_type` typedef T3 difference_type;Copy to clipboard The signed integer type describes an object that can represent the difference between the addresses of any two elements in the controlled sequence. It is described here as a synonym for the implementation-defined type `T3`. ### `multimap::empty` bool empty() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns true for an empty controlled sequence. ### `multimap::end` const_iterator end() const; iterator end();Copy to clipboard The member function returns a bidirectional iterator that points just beyond the end of the sequence. ### `multimap::equal_range` pair equal_range(const Key& keyval); pair equal_range(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns a pair of iterators `X` such that `X.first == lower_bound(keyval)` and `X.second == upper_bound(keyval)`. ### `multimap::erase` iterator erase(iterator where); iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last); size_type erase(const Key& keyval);Copy to clipboard The first member function removes the element of the controlled sequence pointed to by `where`. The second member function removes the elements in the range `[first, last)`. Both return an iterator that designates the first element remaining beyond any elements removed, or `end()` if no such element exists. The third member removes the elements with sort keys in the range `[lower_bound(keyval), upper_bound(keyval)).` It returns the number of elements it removes. The member functions never throw an exception. In this [implementation](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_index.html#implementation), the first two member functions return an iterator that designates the first element remaining beyond any elements removed, or `end()` if no such element exists. ### `multimap::find` iterator find(const Key& keyval); const_iterator find(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns an iterator that designates the earliest element in the controlled sequence whose sort key has [equivalent ordering](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_lib_stl.html#equivalent%20ordering) to `keyval`. If no such element exists, the function returns `end()`. ### `multimap::get_allocator` Alloc get_allocator() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the stored [allocator object](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_memory.html#allocator%20object). ### `multimap::insert` iterator insert(const value_type& val); iterator insert(iterator where, const value_type& val); template void insert(InIt first, InIt last);Copy to clipboard The first member function inserts the element `val` in the controlled sequence, then returns the iterator that designates the inserted element. The second member function returns `insert(val)`, using `where` as a starting place within the controlled sequence to search for the insertion point. (Insertion can occur in amortized constant time, instead of logarithmic time, if the insertion point immediately precedes or follows `where`.) The third member function inserts the sequence of element values, for each `where` in the range `[first, last)`, by calling `insert(*where)`. If an exception is thrown during the insertion of a single element, the container is left unaltered and the exception is rethrown. If an exception is thrown during the insertion of multiple elements, the container is left in a stable but unspecified state and the exception is rethrown. ### `multimap::iterator` typedef T0 iterator;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a bidirectional iterator for the controlled sequence. It is described here as a synonym for the implementation-defined type `T0`. ### `multimap::key_comp` key_compare key_comp() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the stored function object that determines the order of elements in the controlled sequence. The stored object defines the member function: bool operator()(const Key& left, const Key& right);Copy to clipboard which returns true if `left` strictly precedes `right` in the sort order. ### `multimap::key_compare` typedef Pr key_compare;Copy to clipboard The type describes a function object that can compare two sort keys to determine the relative order of two elements in the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::key_type` typedef Key key_type;Copy to clipboard The type describes the sort key object stored in each element of the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::lower_bound` iterator lower_bound(const Key& keyval); const_iterator lower_bound(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns an iterator that designates the earliest element `X` in the controlled sequence for which `key_comp()(X. first, keyval)` is false. If no such element exists, the function returns `end()`. ### `multimap::mapped_type` typedef Ty mapped_type;Copy to clipboard The type is a synonym for the template parameter `Ty`. ### `multimap::max_size` size_type max_size() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the length of the longest sequence that the object can control. ### `multimap::multimap` multimap(); explicit multimap(const Pr& pred); multimap(const Pr& pred, const Alloc& al); multimap(const multimap& right); template multimap(InIt first, InIt last); template multimap(InIt first, InIt last, const Pr& pred); template multimap(InIt first, InIt last, const Pr& pred, const Alloc& al);Copy to clipboard All constructors store an [allocator object](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_memory.html#allocator%20object) and initialize the controlled sequence. The allocator object is the argument `al`, if present. For the copy constructor, it is `right.get_allocator()`. Otherwise, it is `Alloc()`. All constructors also store a function object that can later be returned by calling `key_comp()`. The function object is the argument `pred`, if present. For the copy constructor, it is `right.key_comp()`). Otherwise, it is `Pr()`. The first three constructors specify an empty initial controlled sequence. The fourth constructor specifies a copy of the sequence controlled by `right`. The last three constructors specify the sequence of element values `[first, last)`. ### `multimap::pointer` typedef Alloc::pointer pointer;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a pointer to an element of the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::rbegin` const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const; reverse_iterator rbegin();Copy to clipboard The member function returns a reverse bidirectional iterator that points just beyond the end of the controlled sequence. Hence, it designates the beginning of the reverse sequence. ### `multimap::reference` typedef Alloc::reference reference;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a reference to an element of the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::rend` const_reverse_iterator rend() const; reverse_iterator rend();Copy to clipboard The member function returns a reverse bidirectional iterator that points at the first element of the sequence (or just beyond the end of an empty sequence). Hence, it designates the end of the reverse sequence. ### `multimap::reverse_iterator` typedef reverse_iterator reverse_iterator;Copy to clipboard The type describes an object that can serve as a reverse bidirectional iterator for the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::size` size_type size() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns the length of the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::size_type` typedef T2 size_type;Copy to clipboard The unsigned integer type describes an object that can represent the length of any controlled sequence. It is described here as a synonym for the implementation-defined type `T2`. ### `multimap::swap` void swap(multimap& right);Copy to clipboard The member function swaps the controlled sequences between `*this` and `right`. If `get_allocator() == right.get_allocator()`, it does so in constant time, it throws an exception only as a result of copying the stored function object of type `Pr`, and it invalidates no references, pointers, or iterators that designate elements in the two controlled sequences. Otherwise, it performs a number of element assignments and constructor calls proportional to the number of elements in the two controlled sequences. ### `multimap::upper_bound` iterator upper_bound(const Key& keyval); const_iterator upper_bound(const Key& keyval) const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns an iterator that designates the earliest element `right` in the controlled sequence for which `key_comp()(keyval, right.first)` is true. If no such element exists, the function returns `end()`. ### `multimap::value_comp` value_compare value_comp() const;Copy to clipboard The member function returns a function object that determines the order of elements in the controlled sequence. ### `multimap::value_compare` class value_compare : public binary_function { public: bool operator()(const value_type& left, const value_type& right) const {return (comp(left.first, right.first)); } protected: value_compare(key_compare pr) : comp(pr) {} key_compare comp; };Copy to clipboard The type describes a function object that can compare the sort keys in two elements to determine their relative order in the controlled sequence. The function object stores an object **`comp`** of type `key_compare`. The member function **`operator()`** uses this object to compare the sort-key components of two element. ### `multimap::value_type` typedef pair value_type;Copy to clipboard The type describes an element of the controlled sequence. ## `operator!=` template bool operator!=( const map & left, const map & right); template bool operator!=( const multimap & left, const multimap & right);Copy to clipboard The template function returns `!(left == right)`. ## `operator==` template bool operator==( const map & left, const map & right); template bool operator==( const multimap & left, const multimap & right);Copy to clipboard The first template function overloads `operator==` to compare two objects of template class [`map`](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_map.html#map). The second template function overloads `operator==` to compare two objects of template class [`multimap`](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_map.html#multimap). Both functions return `left.size() == right.size() && equal(left. begin(), left. end(), right.begin())`. ## `operator<` template bool operator<( const map & left, const map & right); template bool operator<( const multimap & left, const multimap & right);Copy to clipboard The first template function overloads `operator<` to compare two objects of template class [`map`](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_map.html#map). The second template function overloads `operator<` to compare two objects of template class [`multimap`](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_map.html#multimap). Both functions return `lexicographical_compare(left. begin(), left. end(), right.begin(), right.end(), left.value_comp())`. ## `operator<=` template bool operator<=( const map & left, const map & right); template bool operator<=( const multimap & left, const multimap & right);Copy to clipboard The template function returns `!(right < left)`. ## `operator>` template bool operator>( const map & left, const map & right); template bool operator>( const multimap & left, const multimap & right);Copy to clipboard The template function returns `right < left`. ## `operator>=` template bool operator>=( const map & left, const map & right); template bool operator!=( const multimap & left, const multimap & right);Copy to clipboard The template function returns `!(left < right)`. ## `swap` template void swap( map & left, map & right); template void swap( multimap & left, multimap & right);Copy to clipboard The template function executes `left.swap(right)`. * * * See also the **[Table of Contents](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_index.html#Table%20of%20Contents)** and the **[Index](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/_cpp_index.html)**. *[Copyright](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-N3040-23/topic/cpp_crit_pjp.html) © 1992-2006by P.J. 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