Erase an element given an iterator from the multimap : multimap erase « map multimap « C++ Tutorial

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#include <map>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

typedef multimap <int, string> MULTIMAP_INT_STRING;

int main ()
{
    MULTIMAP_INT_STRING  mmapIntToString;

    mmapIntToString.insert (MULTIMAP_INT_STRING::value_type (3, "Three"));
    mmapIntToString.insert (MULTIMAP_INT_STRING::value_type(45, "Forty Five"));

    // Erase an element given an iterator from the multimap
    MULTIMAP_INT_STRING::iterator iElementLocator = mmapIntToString.find(45);
    if (iElementLocator != mmapIntToString.end ())
    {
        mmapIntToString.erase (iElementLocator);
        cout << "Erased a pair with 45 as key using an iterator" << endl;
    }
    MULTIMAP_INT_STRING::const_iterator iPairLocator;
    
    // Print the contents of the multimap to the screen
    for ( iPairLocator = mmapIntToString.begin ()
        ; iPairLocator != mmapIntToString.end ()
        ; ++ iPairLocator )
    {
        cout << "Key: " << iPairLocator->first;
        cout << ", Value: " << iPairLocator->second.c_str () << endl;
    }

    return 0;
}