difference between map and multimap in stl containers

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thammalatha 0 Newbie Poster

11 Years Ago

can any one tell me what is the difference between map and multimap container in STL?
thanks in advance.. iam new to this topic..

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JasonHippy 739 Practically a Master Poster · Answer 1 · 2012-11-14T12:49:51+00:00

Put simply the difference is; each key/value pair in a std::map must have a unique key. Whereas a multimap can contain key/value pairs with duplicate keys.