pair Structure
A struct that provides for the ability to treat two objects as a single object.
template<class Type1, class Type2>
struct pair
{
typedef Type1 first_type;
typedef Type2 second_type
Type1 first;
Type2 second;
pair( );
pair(
const Type1& __Val1,
const Type2& __Val2
);
template<class Other1, class Other2>
pair(
const pair<Other1, Other2>& _Right
);
void swap(pair<Type1, Type2>& _Right);
};
Parameters
_Val1
Value initializing the first element of pair._Val2
Value initializing the second element of pair._Right
A pair whose values are to be used to initialize the elements of another pair._Right
A pair to exchange contents with.
Return Value
The first (default) constructor initializes first element of the pair to the default of type Type1 and second element to default of type Type2.
The second constructor initializes first element of the pair to _Val1 and second to _Val2.
The third (template) constructor initializes first element of the pair to _Right.first and second to _Right.second.
Remarks
The template struct stores a pair of objects of type Type1 and Type2, respectively. The type first_type is the same as the template parameter Type1 and the type second_type is the same as the template parameter Type2. Type1 and Type2 each need supply only a default constructor, a single-argument constructor, and a destructor. All members of the type pair are public, because the type is declared as a struct rather than as a class. The two most common uses for a pair are as return types for functions that return two values and as elements for the associative container classes map Class and multimap Class that have both a key and a value type associated with each element. The latter satisfies the requirements for a pair associative container and has a value type of the form pair<const key_type, mapped_type>.
Example
// utility_pair.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <utility>
#include <map>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
int main( )
{
using namespace std;
// Using the constructor to declare and initialize a pair
pair <int, double> p1 ( 10, 1.1e-2 );
// Compare using the helper function to declare and initialize a pair
pair <int, double> p2;
p2 = make_pair ( 10, 2.22e-1 );
// Making a copy of a pair
pair <int, double> p3 ( p1 );
cout.precision ( 3 );
cout << "The pair p1 is: ( " << p1.first << ", "
<< p1.second << " )." << endl;
cout << "The pair p2 is: ( " << p2.first << ", "
<< p2.second << " )." << endl;
cout << "The pair p3 is: ( " << p3.first << ", "
<< p3.second << " )." << endl;
// Using a pair for a map element
map <int, int> m1;
map <int, int>::iterator m1_Iter;
typedef pair <int, int> Map_Int_Pair;
m1.insert ( Map_Int_Pair ( 1, 10 ) );
m1.insert ( Map_Int_Pair ( 2, 20 ) );
m1.insert ( Map_Int_Pair ( 3, 30 ) );
cout << "The element pairs of the map m1 are:";
for ( m1_Iter = m1.begin( ); m1_Iter != m1.end( ); m1_Iter++ )
cout << " ( " << m1_Iter -> first << ", "
<< m1_Iter -> second << " )";
cout << "." << endl;
// Using pair as a return type for a function
pair< map<int,int>::iterator, bool > pr1, pr2;
pr1 = m1.insert ( Map_Int_Pair ( 4, 40 ) );
pr2 = m1.insert ( Map_Int_Pair (1, 10 ) );
if( pr1.second == true )
{
cout << "The element (4,40) was inserted successfully in m1."
<< endl;
}
else
{
cout << "The element with a key value of\n"
<< " ( (pr1.first) -> first ) = " << ( pr1.first ) -> first
<< " is already in m1,\n so the insertion failed." << endl;
}
if( pr2.second == true )
{
cout << "The element (1,10) was inserted successfully in m1."
<< endl;
}
else
{
cout << "The element with a key value of\n"
<< " ( (pr2.first) -> first ) = " << ( pr2.first ) -> first
<< " is already in m1,\n so the insertion failed." << endl;
}
}
The pair p1 is: ( 10, 0.011 ). The pair p2 is: ( 10, 0.222 ). The pair p3 is: ( 10, 0.011 ). The element pairs of the map m1 are: ( 1, 10 ) ( 2, 20 ) ( 3, 30 ). The element (4,40) was inserted successfully in m1. The element with a key value of ( (pr2.first) -> first ) = 1 is already in m1, so the insertion failed.
Requirements
Header: <utility>
Namespace: std
See Also
Reference
Thread Safety in the Standard C++ Library