what is the better way to do the mapping?

[kathy]

I want to map number to letter, for example:

1 to AA
2 to ABC
3 to XYZ
and so on. The map size can be changed dynamically.

what is the better way to do that?

[roberts.noah]

kathy wrote:

I want to map number to letter, for example:

1 to AA
2 to ABC
3 to XYZ
and so on. The map size can be changed dynamically.

what is the better way to do that?

Two good options:

* vector<std::string>
* map<int, std::string>

Really depends on your needs. If you can have two indexes, one a low
value and one a rather high value, and nothing in between, then map is
probable best, otherwise I would use the vector.

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* kathy:

I want to map number to letter, for example:

1 to AA
2 to ABC
3 to XYZ
and so on. The map size can be changed dynamically.

what is the better way to do that?

To choose one way over another you need to consider your requirements.

Have you tried a std::vector?

If you have, and that wasn't good enough, why?

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