hash_map::rbegin

Note

This API is obsolete. The alternative is unordered_map Class.

Returns an iterator addressing the first element in a reversed hash_map.

const_reverse_iterator rbegin( ) const; 
reverse_iterator rbegin( );

Return Value

A reverse bidirectional iterator addressing the first element in a reversed hash_map or addressing what had been the last element in the unreversed hash_map.

Remarks

rbegin is used with a reversed hash_map just as begin is used with a hash_map.

If the return value of rbegin is assigned to a const_reverse_iterator, then the hash_map object cannot be modified. If the return value of rbegin is assigned to a reverse_iterator, then the hash_map object can be modified.

rbegin can be used to iterate through a hash_map backwards.

In Visual C++ .NET 2003, members of the <hash_map> and <hash_set> header files are no longer in the std namespace, but rather have been moved into the stdext namespace. See The stdext Namespace for more information.

Example

// hash_map_rbegin.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <hash_map>
#include <iostream>

int main( )
{
   using namespace std;
   using namespace stdext;
   hash_map <int, int> hm1;

   hash_map <int, int> :: iterator hm1_Iter;
   hash_map <int, int> :: reverse_iterator hm1_rIter;
   hash_map <int, int> :: const_reverse_iterator hm1_crIter;
   typedef pair <int, int> Int_Pair;

   hm1.insert ( Int_Pair ( 1, 10 ) );
   hm1.insert ( Int_Pair ( 2, 20 ) );
   hm1.insert ( Int_Pair ( 3, 30 ) );

   hm1_rIter = hm1.rbegin( );
   cout << "The first element of the reversed hash_map hm1 is "
        << hm1_rIter -> first << "." << endl;

   // begin can be used to start an iteration 
   // through a hash_map in a forward order
   cout << "The hash_map is: ";
   for ( hm1_Iter = hm1.begin( ) ; hm1_Iter != hm1.end( ); hm1_Iter++)
      cout << hm1_Iter -> first << " ";
      cout << "." << endl;

   // rbegin can be used to start an iteration 
   // through a hash_map in a reverse order
   cout << "The reversed hash_map is: ";
   for ( hm1_rIter = hm1.rbegin( ) ; hm1_rIter != hm1.rend( ); hm1_rIter++)
      cout << hm1_rIter -> first << " ";
      cout << "." << endl;

   // A hash_map element can be erased by dereferencing to its key 
   hm1_rIter = hm1.rbegin( );
   hm1.erase ( hm1_rIter -> first );

   hm1_rIter = hm1.rbegin( );
   cout << "After the erasure, the first element "
        << "in the reversed hash_map is "
        << hm1_rIter -> first << "." << endl;
}

The first element of the reversed hash_map hm1 is 3.
The hash_map is: 1 2 3 .
The reversed hash_map is: 3 2 1 .
After the erasure, the first element in the reversed hash_map is 2.

Requirements

Header: <hash_map>

Namespace: stdext

See Also

Reference

hash_map Class

Standard Template Library