// accessing mapped values
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <string>

int main ()
{
  std::map<char,std::string> mymap;

  mymap['a']="an element";
  mymap['b']="another element";
  mymap['c']=mymap['b'];

  std::cout << "mymap['a'] is " << mymap['a'] << '\n';
  std::cout << "mymap['b'] is " << mymap['b'] << '\n';
  std::cout << "mymap['c'] is " << mymap['c'] << '\n';
  std::cout << "mymap['d'] is " << mymap['d'] << '\n';  // creates mymap['d'] with an empty 
                                                        // string as assosiative value.

  std::cout << "mymap now contains " << mymap.size() << " elements.\n";

  return 0;
}