std::unordered_map::emplace

 

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template< class... Args > std::pair<iterator,bool> emplace( Args&&... args );		(since C++11)

Inserts a new element to the container. The element is constructed in-place, i.e. no copy or move operations are performed. The constructor of the element type (value_type, that is, std::pair<const Key, T>) is called with exactly the same arguments as supplied to the function, forwarded with std::forward<Args>(args)....

If rehashing occurs due to the insertion, all iterators are invalidated. Otherwise iterators are not affected. References are not invalidated. Rehashing occurs only if the new number of elements is higher than max_load_factor()*bucket_count().

Parameters

args

-

arguments to forward to the constructor of the element

Return value

returns a pair consisting of a bool denoting whether the insertion took place and an iterator to the inserted element, or the already-existing element if no insertion happened.

Complexity

Amortized constant on average, worst case linear in the size of the container.

Example

run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <utility>
#include <unordered_map>
 
int main()
{
    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> m;
 
    // uses pair's copy-constructor
    m.emplace(std::make_pair(std::string("a"), std::string("a")));
 
    // uses pair's converting copy constructor
    m.emplace(std::make_pair("b", "abcd"));
 
    // uses pair's template constructor
    m.emplace("d", "ddd");
 
    // uses pair's piecewise constructor
    m.emplace(std::piecewise_construct,
              std::forward_as_tuple("c"),
              std::forward_as_tuple(10, 'c'));
 
    for (const auto &p : m) {
        std::cout << p.first << " => " << p.second << '\n';
    }
}

Possible output:

a => a
b => abcd
c => cccccccccc
d => ddd

See also

emplace_hint	constructs elements in-place using a hint (public member function)
insert	inserts elements (public member function)