map0.cpp

#include <cstring>
#include <map>
#include <iostream>

using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::map;

struct ltstr {
  bool operator()(const char* s1, const char* s2) const
  {
    return strcmp(s1, s2) < 0;
  }
};

int main()
{
  map<const char*, int, ltstr> months;

  months["january"] = 31;
  months["february"] = 28;
  months["march"] = 31;
  months["april"] = 30;
  months["may"] = 31;
  months["june"] = 30;
  months["july"] = 31;
  months["august"] = 31;
  months["september"] = 30;
  months["october"] = 31;
  months["november"] = 30;
  months["december"] = 31;

  cout << "june -> " << months["june"] << endl;
  map<const char*, int, ltstr>::iterator cur  = months.find("december");
  map<const char*, int, ltstr>::iterator prev = cur;
  map<const char*, int, ltstr>::iterator next = cur;
  ++next;
  --prev;
  cout << "Previous (in alphabetical order) is " << prev->first << endl;
  cout << "Next (in alphabetical order) is " << next->first << endl;
  return 0;
}