I am trying to use std::map::count() to find a value, which is a custom struct, in the dictionary. The following code will not compile
typedef struct myStruct
{
int x;
int y;
}MyStruct;
MyStruct instace;
instace.x = 0;
instace.y = 1;
map<unsigned int, myStruct> myMap;
myMap[0] = instace;
if(myMap.count(instace) == 1)
{
//do something
}
and this is the error I get
no instance of overloaded function "std::map<_Kty, _Ty, _Pr, _Alloc>::count
[with _Kty=unsigned int, _Ty=myStruct, _Pr=std::less<unsigned int>,
_Alloc=std::allocator<std::pair<const unsigned int, myStruct>>]" matches the
argument list
I think the compiler does not know how to compare my struct. The third argument in the declaration of a map takes a compare function, I tried to create a compare function and pass it to the third argument in declaration like the following
struct comparer
{
bool operator()(MyStruct const& Left, MyStruct const& Right) const {
return (Left.x == Right.x && Left.y == Right.y);
}
};
map<unsigned int, myStruct, comparer> myMap;
but when I do myMap.count(), I get similar error.
I have searched google using every possible way I could describe the problem, but I did not find the answer. Can someone tell me how to solve this problem?
Thanks!