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<dt><span class="section"><a href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.projection_of_iterators">Projection
        of iterators</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify">replace
        and modify</a></span></dt>
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<a name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.projection_of_iterators"></a><a class="link" href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.projection_of_iterators" title="Projection of iterators">Projection
        of iterators</a>
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<p>
          Iterators can be projected to any of the three views of the bimap. A bimap
          provides three member functions to cope with projection: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">project_left</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">project_right</span></code>
          and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">project_up</span></code>, with projects
          iterators to the <span class="emphasis"><em>left map view</em></span>, the <span class="emphasis"><em>right
          map view</em></span> and the <span class="emphasis"><em>collection of relations view</em></span>.
          These functions take any iterator from the bimap and retrieve an iterator
          over the projected view pointing to the same element.
        </p>
<p>
          Here is an example that uses projection:
        </p>
<p>
          <a href="../../../../example/projection.cpp" target="_top">Go to source code</a>
        </p>
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</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bimap</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">multiset_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">greater</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="identifier">bm_type</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"John"</span> <span class="special">,</span><span class="number">34</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Peter"</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">24</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Mary"</span> <span class="special">,</span><span class="number">12</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">);</span>

<span class="comment">// Find the name of the next younger person after Peter</span>

<span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">left_const_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">name_iter</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">find</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"Peter"</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">right_const_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">years_iter</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">project_right</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">name_iter</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="special">++</span><span class="identifier">years_iter</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="string">"The next younger person after Peter is "</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">years_iter</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">second</span><span class="special">;</span>
</pre>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify"></a><a class="link" href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify" title="replace and modify">replace
        and modify</a>
</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
          These functions are members of the views of a bimap that are not founded
          in their standard counterparts.
        </p>
<p>
          The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">replace</span></code> family member
          functions performs in-place replacement of a given element as the following
          example shows:
        </p>
<p>
          <a href="../../../../example/tutorial_modify_and_replace.cpp" target="_top">Go to source
          code</a>
        </p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bimap</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">bm_type</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"one"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">);</span>

<span class="comment">// Replace (1,"one") with (1,"1") using the right map view</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">right_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">it</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">right</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">find</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"one"</span><span class="special">);</span>

    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">successful_replace</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">right</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">replace_key</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">it</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"1"</span> <span class="special">);</span>

    <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">successful_replace</span> <span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>

<span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"two"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">);</span>

<span class="comment">// Fail to replace (1,"1") with (1,"two") using the left map view</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">);</span>

    <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">left_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">it</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">find</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span>

    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">successful_replace</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">replace_data</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">it</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"two"</span> <span class="special">);</span>

    <a class="co" name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify.c0" href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify.c1"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a><span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">!</span> <span class="identifier">successful_replace</span> <span class="special">);</span>
    <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
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        </p>
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<td width="5%" valign="top" align="left"><p><a name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify.c1"></a><a href="#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify.c0"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a> </p></td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><p>
              <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">it</span></code> is still valid here,
              and the bimap was left unchanged
            </p></td>
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<p>
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">replace</span></code> functions performs
          this substitution in such a manner that:
        </p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
              The complexity is constant time if the changed element retains its
              original order with respect to all views; it is logarithmic otherwise.
            </li>
<li class="listitem">
              Iterator and reference validity are preserved.
            </li>
<li class="listitem">
              The operation is strongly exception-safe, i.e. the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bimap</span></code>
              remains unchanged if some exception (originated by the system or the
              user's data types) is thrown.
            </li>
</ul></div>
<p>
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">replace</span></code> functions are powerful
          operations not provided by standard STL containers, and one that is specially
          handy when strong exception-safety is required.
        </p>
<p>
          The observant reader might have noticed that the convenience of replace
          comes at a cost: namely the whole element has to be copied <span class="emphasis"><em>twice</em></span>
          to do the updating (when retrieving it and inside <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">replace</span></code>).
          If elements are expensive to copy, this may be quite a computational cost
          for the modification of just a tiny part of the object. To cope with this
          situation, Boost.Bimap provides an alternative updating mechanism: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">modify</span></code> functions.
        </p>
<p>
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">modify</span></code> functions accepts
          a functor (or pointer to function) taking a reference to the data to be
          changed, thus eliminating the need for spurious copies. Like <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">replace</span></code> functions, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">modify</span></code>
          functions does preserve the internal orderings of all the indices of the
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bimap</span></code>. However, the semantics
          of modify functions are not entirely equivalent to replace functions. Consider
          what happens if a collision occurs as a result of modifying the element,
          i.e. the modified element clashes with another with respect to some unique
          view. In the case of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">replace</span></code>
          functions, the original value is kept and the method returns without altering
          the container, but <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">modify</span></code>
          functions cannot afford such an approach, since the modifying functor leaves
          no trace of the previous value of the element. Integrity constraints thus
          lead to the following policy: when a collision happens in the process of
          calling a modify functions, the element is erased and the method returns
          false. This difference in behavior between <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">replace</span></code>
          and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">modify</span></code> functions has
          to be considered by the programmer on a case-by-case basis.
        </p>
<p>
          Boost.Bimap defines new placeholders named <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">_key</span></code>
          and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">_data</span></code> to allow a sounder
          solution. You have to include <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">bimap</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">support</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">lambda</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
          to use them.
        </p>
<p>
          <a href="../../../../example/tutorial_modify_and_replace.cpp" target="_top">Go to source
          code</a>
        </p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bimap</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">bm_type</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"one"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">);</span>

<span class="comment">// Modify (1,"one") to (1,"1") using the right map view</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">right_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">it</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">right</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">find</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"one"</span><span class="special">);</span>

    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">successful_modify</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">right</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">modify_key</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">it</span> <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">_key</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"1"</span> <span class="special">);</span>

    <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">successful_modify</span> <span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>

<span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"two"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">);</span>

<span class="comment">// Fail to modify (1,"1") to (1,"two") using the left map view</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
    <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">2</span> <span class="special">);</span>

    <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">left_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">it</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">find</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span>

    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">successful_modify</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">modify_data</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">it</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">_data</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"two"</span> <span class="special">);</span>

    <a class="co" name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify.c2" href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.replace_and_modify.c3"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a><span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">!</span> <span class="identifier">successful_modify</span> <span class="special">);</span>
    <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">1</span> <span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
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        </p>
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<td valign="top" align="left"><p>
              <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">it</span></code> is not longer valid
              and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="string">"1"</span><span class="special">)</span></code> is removed from the bimap
            </p></td>
</tr></table></div>
</div>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.retrieval_of_ranges"></a><a class="link" href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.retrieval_of_ranges" title="Retrieval of ranges">Retrieval
        of ranges</a>
</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
          Standard <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">lower_bound</span></code> and
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">upper_bound</span></code> functions can
          be used to lookup for all the elements in a given range.
        </p>
<p>
          Suppose we want to retrieve the elements from a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bimap</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> where the left value is in the range
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">20</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">50</span><span class="special">]</span></code>
        </p>
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bimap</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">bm_type</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="comment">// ...</span>

<span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">left_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">iter_first</span>  <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">lower_bound</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">20</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">left_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">iter_second</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">upper_bound</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">50</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="comment">// range [iter_first,iter_second) contains the elements in [20,50]</span>
</pre>
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        </p>
<p>
          Subtle changes to the code are required when strict inequalities are considered.
          To retrieve the elements greater than 20 and less than 50, the code has
          to be rewritten as
        </p>
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</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">left_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">iter_first</span>  <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">upper_bound</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">20</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">left_iterator</span> <span class="identifier">iter_second</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">lower_bound</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">50</span><span class="special">);</span>

<span class="comment">// range [iter_first,iter_second) contains the elements in (20,50)</span>
</pre>
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        </p>
<p>
          To add to this complexity, the careful programmer has to take into account
          that the lower and upper bounds of the interval searched be compatible:
          for instance, if the lower bound is 50 and the upper bound is 20, the iterators
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">iter_first</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">iter_second</span></code> produced by the code above
          will be in reverse order, with possibly catastrophic results if a traversal
          from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">iter_first</span></code> to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">iter_second</span></code> is tried. All these details
          make range searching a tedious and error prone task.
        </p>
<p>
          The range member function, often in combination with lambda expressions,
          can greatly help alleviate this situation:
        </p>
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</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">bimap</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">bm_type</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="comment">// ...</span>

<a class="co" name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.retrieval_of_ranges.c0" href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.retrieval_of_ranges.c1"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a><span class="identifier">bm_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">left_range_type</span> <span class="identifier">r</span><span class="special">;</span>

<a class="co" name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.retrieval_of_ranges.c2" href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.retrieval_of_ranges.c3"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/callouts/2.png" alt="2" border="0"></a><span class="identifier">r</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="number">20</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="identifier">_key</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">_key</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="number">50</span> <span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// [20,50]</span>

<span class="identifier">r</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="number">20</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span>  <span class="identifier">_key</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">_key</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span>  <span class="number">50</span> <span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// (20,50)</span>

<span class="identifier">r</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="number">20</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="identifier">_key</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">_key</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span>  <span class="number">50</span> <span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// [20,50)</span>
</pre>
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              <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">range_type</span></code> is a handy
              typedef equal to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">iterator</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">iterator</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">const_range_type</span></code>
              is provided too, and it is equal to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">pair</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">const_iterator</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">const_iterator</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
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              _key is a Boost.Lambda placeholder. To use it you have to include
              <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">bimap</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">support</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">lambda</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
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          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">range</span></code> simply accepts predicates
          specifying the lower and upper bounds of the interval searched. Please
          consult the reference for a detailed explanation of the permissible predicates
          passed to range.
        </p>
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          One or both bounds can be omitted with the special unbounded marker:
        </p>
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</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">r</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="number">20</span> <span class="special">&lt;=</span> <span class="identifier">_key</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">unbounded</span> <span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// [20,inf)</span>

<span class="identifier">r</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">unbounded</span> <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">_key</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="number">50</span> <span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// (-inf,50)</span>

<a class="co" name="boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.retrieval_of_ranges.c4" href="useful_functions.html#boost_bimap.the_tutorial.useful_functions.retrieval_of_ranges.c5"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/callouts/1.png" alt="1" border="0"></a><span class="identifier">r</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">bm</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">left</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">unbounded</span> <span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">unbounded</span> <span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// (-inf,inf)</span>
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              This is equivalent to std::make_pair(s.begin(),s.end())
            </p></td>
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