How can I loop through a C++ map of maps?
You can use an iterator.
typedef std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>::iterator it_type;
for(it_type iterator = m.begin(); iterator != m.end(); iterator++) {
// iterator->first = key
// iterator->second = value
// Repeat if you also want to iterate through the second map.
}
Old question but the remaining answers are outdated as of C++11 - you can use a ranged based for loop and simply do:
std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>> mymap;
for(auto const &ent1 : mymap) {
// ent1.first is the first key
for(auto const &ent2 : ent1.second) {
// ent2.first is the second key
// ent2.second is the data
}
}
this should be much cleaner than the earlier versions, and avoids unnecessary copies.
Some favour replacing the comments with explicit definitions of reference variables (which get optimised away if unused):
for(auto const &ent1 : mymap) {
auto const &outer_key = ent1.first;
auto const &inner_map = ent1.second;
for(auto const &ent2 : inner_map) {
auto const &inner_key = ent2.first;
auto const &inner_value = ent2.second;
}
}