Overview
The standard library provides unordered_multimap to store key value pairs in a hash table where keys are unsorted and can have duplicates.
Details
unordered_multimap is basically a unsorted hash table of elements where each element is a key, value pair. The keys can be duplicate, that can be used to search and retrieve elements fast. elements are stored in buckets using the hash function provided as the template parameter.
A bucket is a slot in the container's internal hash table to which elements are assigned based on the hash value of the key. The equal_to template parameter represents the compare function to check equality of two keys.
Syntax
The syntax is as below. Template parameter Key represents the datatype to store, Hash represents hash function object to generate, Pred represents comparison function object to compare two Key data types and Alloc represents the allocator used for storage.
template <class Key, class Value, class Hash = hash<Key>, class Pred = equal_to<Key>, class Alloc = allocator<Key>>class unorered_multimap;
Members
It defines following types
Name | Description |
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key_type | The first template parameter (Key) |
mapped_type | The second template parameter (Value) |
value_type | pair<Key,Value> |
hasher | The second template parameter (Hash) |
key_equal | The third template parameter (Pred) |
allocator_type | The third template parameter (Alloc) |
reference | value_type& |
const_reference | const value_type& |
pointer | allocator_traits<allocator_type>::pointer |
const_pointer | allocator_traits<allocator_type>::const_pointer |
iterator | forward iterator to value_type convertible to const_iterator |
const_iterator | forward iterator to const value_type |
local_iterator | Same as iterator. This iterator can be used to iterate through a single bucket but not across buckets. |
const_local_iterator | Same as const_iterator. This iterator can be used to iterate through a single bucket but not across buckets. |
difference_type | a signed integral type |
size_type | an unsigned integral type |
Operation
unordered_multimap can be graphically represented as below. It's basically a hash table. It holds values [{1,100}, {2,200}, {3,300}, {4,400}, {5,500}, {3,350}]. Notice key value 3 is repeated with different values.
New elements can be added or removed or searched in the unordered_multimap. A hashtable is internally used for storage.
As shown above, a hashtable basically comprises of multiple buckets where the elements are stored. The hash function determines to which bucket the element will go. A bucket can contain multiple elements in such case, equal_to function is used to determine correct element.
The hashtable can be created with a user defined value. Otherwise a default value is used. Similarly custom hash and equal_to functions can be supplied. Otherwise default hash and equal_to function objects are used for hashing and equality checks.
The load_factor influences the probability of collision in the hash table (i.e., the probability of two elements being located in the same bucket). load_factor is calculated as
load_factor = size / bucket_count.
The container automatically increases the number of buckets to keep the load factor below max_load_factor, causing a rehash each time an expansion is needed. This will invalidate iterators.
reserve can be used allocate more buckets.
Complexity
The cost of Insertion or removal or search is O(1).
Functionality
Constructors
In following constructors use default values. Custom number of buckets, custom hash, custom compare operations, custom allocators can be supplied by passing them as an additional arguments.
Name | Description |
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unordered_multimap () | Default Constructor. Example: //v: unordered_multimap<int,int> v; |
unordered_multimap (InputIterator first, InputIterator last) | Constructs a set and copies the elements in the range. Example: pair<int,int> a[]{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}}; //[5,500] [4,400] [3,300] [3,350] [2,200] [1,100] unordered_multimap<int,int> v(begin(a),end(a)); |
unordered_multimap (const unordered_map & x) | copy constructor. |
unordered_multimap (unordered_map && x) | move constructor. |
unordered_multimap (initializer_list<value_type> il) | initializer_list constructor. Example:
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Iterator
Name | Description |
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iterator begin() iterator end() | Returns iterator to beginning and end of the unordered_multimap. Example:
for (auto itr=v.begin(); itr!=v.end(); ++itr) cout << *itr << ' '; |
const_iterator cbegin() const_iterator cend() | Returns const_iterator to beginning and end of the unordered_multimap. Example:
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Capacity
Name | Description |
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size_type size() | Returns the number of elements in the unordered_multimap. Example:
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size_type max_size() | Returns maximum possible number of elements possible. A very large number. |
bool empty() | Test whether unordered_multimap is empty. |
Element Access
Name | Description |
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iterator find(const value_type& val) | Returns iterator to the first element or end if not found.
Example: //[5,500] [4,400] [3,300] [3,350] [2,200] [1,100] unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}};//itr = v.begin()+4 auto itr = v.find(2); |
size_type count (const value_type& val) | Returns number of elements matching val.Example: //[5,500] [4,400] [3,300] [3,350] [2,200] [1,100] unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}};//knt=1 auto knt =v.count(2);//knt=2 knt =v.count(3);//knt=0 knt =v.count(6); |
pair<iterator,iterator> equal_range(const value_type& val) | Returns a pair object containing lower_bound and upper_bound iterators matching value val. Example: [5,500] [4,400] [3,350] [3,300] [2,200] [1,100] unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}}; //p: {v.begin()+2,v.begin()+4} p = v.equal_range(1); //p: {v.end(),v.end()} p = v.equal_range(6); |
Modifiers
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Example:
pair<int,int> a[]{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}}; | |
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Example: //(1) // v:[4,400] [3,350] [3,300] [2,200] [1,100]//v:[5,500] [4,400] [3,350] [3,300] [2,200] [1,100] unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}}; | |
void swap(unordered_multimap& v) | Swaps content with v. Note T has to be same. Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200}, {3,300}}; unordered_multimap<int,int> v2{{4,400},{5,500}}; //v2:[3,300] [2,200] [1,100] |
void clear() | Clears the contents and resets size to 0. Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}}; v.clear(); |
iterator emplace(Args ...arg) | Constructs and inserts an element using arg. Returns an iterator to the inserted element. Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500}}; |
iterator emplace_hint(iterator hintpos, Args ...arg)) | Constructs and attempts to insert an element at the hintpos using arg. It returns an iterator to the new element. Note that the hintpos is used as starting point to scout to add new element. It will go round robin if the scout is exhausted. Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v({{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500}}); //v:[1,100] [2,200] [3,350] [3,300] [4,400] [5,500] |
Buckets
Name | Description |
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size_type bucket_count() | Returns the number of buckets in the unordered_multimap. Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}};//prints 7cout << v.bucket_count(); |
size_type max_bucket_count() | Returns maximum possible number of buckets possible. A very large number. |
size_type bucket_size(size_type n) | Returns number of elements in the current bucket. Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}}; |
size_type bucket(const key_type key) | Returns the bucket number where the key is located. Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}}; cout << "key\tbucket" << endl; for ( auto itr=v.begin(); itr != v.end(); ++itr) cout << setw(3) << setfill('0') << right << itr->first << '\t' << dec << v.bucket(itr->first) << endl; /* key bucket 005 5 004 4 003 3 003 3 002 2 001 1 */ |
Hash Policy
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size_type load_factor() | Returns the current load factor. It needs to stay under or equal to max_load_factor(). Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v{{1,100},{2,200},{3,300},{4,400},{5,500},{3,350}}; cout << "size = \t\t" << v.size() << endl; cout << "bucket_count = \t" << v.bucket_count() << endl << endl; cout << "load_factor = size() / bucket_count()" << endl << endl; cout << "load_factor = \t\t" << v.load_factor() << endl; cout << "max_load_factor = \t" << v.max_load_factor() << endl; /* size = 6 bucket_count = 7 load_factor = size() / bucket_count() load_factor = 0.857143 max_load_factor = 1 */ |
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Example: float amlf[]{1.0f,0.5f}; for (auto clf :amlf) { unordered_multimap<char,int> v; v.max_load_factor (clf); for (auto c='a'; c <= 'z'; ++c) v.emplace(make_pair(c,c)); cout << "max_load_factor: " << v.max_load_factor() << endl; cout << "size: " << v.size() << endl; cout << "bucket_count: " << v.bucket_count() << endl; cout << "load_factor: " << v.load_factor() << endl; cout << endl; } /* max_load_factor: 1 size: 26 bucket_count: 29 load_factor: 0.896552 max_load_factor: 0.5 size: 26 bucket_count: 97 load_factor: 0.268041 */ | |
void reserve(size_type n) |
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void rehash(size_type n) | Sets the number of buckets in the container to n or more. Example: unordered_multimap<int,int> v; cout << "bucket_count before rehash: " << v.bucket_count() << endl; v.rehash(10); cout << "bucket_count after rehash: " << v.bucket_count() << endl; /* output: bucket_count before rehash: 1 bucket_count after rehash: 11 */ |
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