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multimap::end

Returns an iterator that addresses the location succeeding the last element in a multimap.

const_iterator end( ) const; 
iterator end( );

Return Value

A bidirectional iterator that addresses the location succeeding the last element in a multimap. If the multimap is empty, then multimap::end == multimap::begin.

Remarks

end is used to test whether an iterator has reached the end of its multimap.

The value returned by end should not be dereferenced.

Example

// multimap_end.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <map>
#include <iostream>

int main( )
{
   using namespace std;
   multimap <int, int> m1;

   multimap <int, int> :: iterator m1_Iter;
   multimap <int, int> :: const_iterator m1_cIter;
   typedef pair <int, int> Int_Pair;

   m1.insert ( Int_Pair ( 1, 10 ) );
   m1.insert ( Int_Pair ( 2, 20 ) );
   m1.insert ( Int_Pair ( 3, 30 ) );

   m1_cIter = m1.end( );
   m1_cIter--;
   cout << "The value of last element of m1 is " 
        << m1_cIter -> second << endl;
   
   m1_Iter = m1.end( );
   m1_Iter--;
   m1.erase ( m1_Iter );

   // The following 2 lines would err because the iterator is const
   // m1_cIter = m1.end ( );
   // m1_cIter--;
   // m1.erase ( m1_cIter );

   m1_cIter = m1.end( );
   m1_cIter--;
   cout << "The value of last element of m1 is now "
        << m1_cIter -> second << endl;
}
The value of last element of m1 is 30
The value of last element of m1 is now 20

Requirements

Header: <map>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

multimap Class

Standard Template Library