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#include <string.h> #include <iostream> #include <map> #include <utility> using namespace std; struct cmp_str { bool operator()(char const *a, char const *b) { return std::strcmp(a, b) < 0; } }; int main() { map<char *, int, cmp_str> Employees; // Examples of assigning Map container contents // 1) Assignment using array index notation Employees["Mike C."] = 5234; Employees["Charlie M."] = 3374; // 2) Assignment using member function insert() and STL pair Employees.insert(std::pair<char *,int>("David D.",1923)); // 3) Assignment using member function insert() and "value_type()" Employees.insert(map<char *,int>::value_type("John A.",7582)); // 4) Assignment using member function insert() and "make_pair()" Employees.insert(std::make_pair((char *)"Peter Q.",5328)); cout << "Map size: " << Employees.size() << endl; for( map<char *, int, cmp_str>::iterator ii=Employees.begin(); ii!=Employees.end(); ++ii) { cout << (*ii).first << ": " << (*ii).second << endl; } }