std::multimap<Key,T,Compare,Allocator>::swap

Since C++17

Exchanges the contents of the container with those of other. Does not invoke any move, copy, or swap operations on individual elements.

# Declarations

void swap( multimap& other );

(until C++17)

void swap( multimap& other ) noexcept(/* see below */);

(since C++17)

# Parameters

# Example

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <map>
 
// print out a std::pair
template<class Os, class U, class V>
Os& operator<<(Os& os, const std::pair<U, V>& p)
{
    return os << p.first << ':' << p.second;
}
 
// print out a container
template<class Os, class Co>
Os& operator<<(Os& os, const Co& co)
{
    os << '{';
    for (auto const& i : co)
        os << ' ' << i;
    return os << " }\n";
}
 
int main()
{
    std::multimap<std::string, std::string>
        m1{{"γ", "gamma"}, {"β", "beta"}, {"α", "alpha"}, {"γ", "gamma"}},
        m2{{"ε", "epsilon"}, {"δ", "delta"}, {"ε", "epsilon"}};
 
    const auto& ref = *(m1.begin());
    const auto iter = std::next(m1.cbegin());
 
    std::cout << "──────── before swap ────────\n"
              << "m1: " << m1 << "m2: " << m2 << "ref: " << ref
              << "\niter: " << *iter << '\n';
 
    m1.swap(m2);
 
    std::cout << "──────── after swap ────────\n"
              << "m1: " << m1 << "m2: " << m2 << "ref: " << ref
              << "\niter: " << *iter << '\n';
 
    // Note that every iterator referring to an element in one container before
    // the swap refers to the same element in the other container after the swap.
    // Same is true for references.
}

# See also