CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c++
Kumar Utkarsh
Kumar Utkarsh

Reputation: 11

How to search for a key which is a pair itself, in a map?

I want to check if a key (which is a pair itself) is present in the map or not.

I am new to using map and am unable to find a function which will check for a key (which is a pair).

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define  ll long long int
typedef pair<ll,ll> my_key_type;
typedef map<my_key_type,ll> my_map_type;
int  main()
{
    my_map_type ma;
    my_map_type::iterator it;
    ma.insert(make_pair(my_key_type(30,40),6));
    it=ma.find(30,40);
    if(it==ma.end())
    {
        cout<<"not present";
        return 0;
    }
    cout<<"present";
    return 0;   
}

I received the following error- 

no matching function for call to ‘std::map<std::pair<long long int, long long int>, long long int>::find(int, int)’   it=ma.find(30,40);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 96

Answers (1)

R Sahu
R Sahu

Reputation: 206737

When you use

it=ma.find(30,40);

the compiler does not automatically convert the arguments to a pair. You'll have to do that explicitly.

it=ma.find(std::make_pair(30,40));

or a simpler version

it=ma.find({30,40});

Upvotes: 6

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