unordered_map::operator

Finds or inserts an element with the specified key.

Ty& operator[](const Key& keyval);
Ty& operator[](Key&& keyval);

Parameters

Return Value

A reference to the data value of the inserted element.

Remarks

If the argument key value is not found, then it is inserted along with the default value of the data type.

operator[] may be used to insert elements into a map m using m[_Key] = DataValue; where DataValue is the value of the mapped_type of the element with a key value of _Key.

When using operator[] to insert elements, the returned reference does not indicate whether an insertion is changing a pre-existing element or creating a new one. The member functions find and insert can be used to determine whether an element with a specified key is already present before an insertion.

Example

// std__unordered_map__unordered_map_operator_sub.cpp 
// compile with: /EHsc 
#include <unordered_map> 
#include <iostream> 
#include <string>
 
typedef std::unordered_map<char, int> Mymap; 
int main() 
    { 
    Mymap c1; 
 
    c1.insert(Mymap::value_type('a', 1)); 
    c1.insert(Mymap::value_type('b', 2)); 
    c1.insert(Mymap::value_type('c', 3)); 
 
// display contents " [c 3] [b 2] [a 1]" 
    for (Mymap::const_iterator it = c1.begin(); 
        it != c1.end(); ++it) 
        std::cout << " [" << it->first << ", " << it->second << "]"; 
    std::cout << std::endl; 
 
// try to find and fail 
    std::cout << "c1['A'] == " << c1['A'] << std::endl; 
 
// try to find and succeed 
    std::cout << "c1['a'] == " << c1['a'] << std::endl; 
 
// redisplay contents 
    for (Mymap::const_iterator it = c1.begin(); 
        it != c1.end(); ++it) 
        std::cout << " [" << it->first << ", " << it->second << "]"; 
    std::cout << std::endl; 

// insert by moving key
    std::tr1::unordered_map<string, int> c2;
    std::string str("abc");
    std::cout << "c2[std::move(str)] == " << c2[std::move(str)] << std::endl;
    std::cout << "c2["abc"] == " << c2["abc"] << std::endl;
 
    return (0); 
    } 
 

 [c, 3] [b, 2] [a, 1]
c1['A'] == 0
c1['a'] == 1
 [c, 3] [b, 2] [A, 0] [a, 1]
c2[move(str)] == 0
c2["abc"] == 1

Remarks

The member function determines the iterator where as the return value of unordered_map::insert( unordered_map::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.

Requirements

Header: <unordered_map>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

<unordered_map>

unordered_map Class

unordered_map::find

unordered_map::insert