Paul Grenyer writes:
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> Hi
>
>> I have a group of data that is made up of pairs of strings.
>> I want to read
>> these pairs from a file, sort them into alphabetical order
>> and then write
>> them to a new file. std::map seemed to be the perfect
>> choice, but when I
>> create a std::map<std::string, std::string> variable I get a
>> bazillion C4786
>> warnings regarding identifiers being truncated to 255
>> characters in either
>> debugging info or browser info. Granted the code compiles,
>> but all the
>> warnings must indicate something that I should be doing
>> differently. Is
>> there a better STL choice for what I am trying to accomplish?
>
> These warnings don't mean there is anything wrong with your code. They just
> show the inadequacy of the compiler.
>
> A map is a good choice. You might also like to consider a sorted vector.
>
> Regards
> Paul
Thanks Paul,
The only concern I have with the vector approach is that I need to do extra
work to associate the two components. Using the map gets me there with only
a few lines of code. Regarding sorting the map....I was under the
impression that the first element of any given pair was the key and that the
keys were sorted as I inserted them, but when I iterate through the map, my
keys are still in the inserted order and not sorted order. Did I miss
something?
TIA
David
