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Asked: 2026-05-20T20:40:10+00:00

I have a pretty simple question. Im just learning Maps and multimaps and want

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I have a pretty simple question. Im just learning Maps and multimaps and want to know how to pass them into a function. Ive got most of my mind wrapped around multimaps but would like a quick example on how to pass them into a void function.

int main()
{
multimap<string,int> movies;


movies.insert(pair<string,int>("Happy Feet",6));
movies.insert(pair<string,int>("Happy Feet",4));
movies.insert(pair<string,int>("Pirates of the Caribbean",5));
movies.insert(pair<string,int>("Happy Feet",3));
movies.insert(pair<string,int>("Pirates of the Caribbean",4));
movies.insert(pair<string,int>("Happy Feet",4));
movies.insert(pair<string,int>("Flags of out Fathers",4));
movies.insert(pair<string,int>("Gigli",4));

cout<<"There are "<<movies.count("Happy Feet")<<" instances of "<<"Happy Feet"<<endl;
cout<<"There are "<<movies.count("Pirates of the Caribbean")<<" instances of "<<"Pirates of the Caribbean"<<endl;
cout<<"There are "<<movies.count("Flags of out Fathers")<<" instances of "<<"Flags of out Fathers"<<endl;
cout<<"There are "<<movies.count("Gigli")<<" instances of "<<"Gigli"<<endl;



system("PAUSE");
calculateAverage(movies);  // this is where im getting errors such as no conversions
return 1;
}
void calculateAverage(multimap<string,int> *q)
{
// this function wont calculate the average obviously. I just wanted to test it
int averageH;
int averageP;
int averageF;
int averageG;

averageH = (q->count("Happy Feet"));
averageP = (q->count("Happy Feet"));
averageF = (q->count("Happy Feet"));
averageG = (q->count("Happy Feet"));


};
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  1. Editorial Team

    Why pass by pointer? I think it is better to pass a reference (if the map shall be modified within the function) or reference to const otherwise

    void calculateAverage(const multimap<string,int> & q)
{
// this function wont calculate the average obviously. I just wanted to test it
int averageH;
int averageP;
int averageF;
int averageG;

averageH = (q.count("Happy Feet"));
averageP = (q.count("Happy Feet"));
averageF = (q.count("Happy Feet"));
averageG = (q.count("Happy Feet"));
};
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