std::unordered_multiset<Key,Hash,KeyEqual,Allocator>::equal_range

From cppreference.com

std::pair <iterator, iterator> equal_range( const Key& key ) ;
(1) (since C++11)
std::pair <const_iterator, const_iterator> equal_range( const Key& key ) const ;
(2) (since C++11)
template < class K >
std::pair <iterator, iterator> equal_range( const K& x ) ;
(3) (since C++20)
template < class K >
std::pair <const_iterator, const_iterator> equal_range( const K& x ) const ;
(4) (since C++20)
1,2) Returns a range containing all elements with key key
3,4) Returns a range containing all elements in the container with key equivalent to x. This overload participates in overload resolution only if Hash::is_transparent and KeyEqual::is_transparent are valid and each denotes a type. This assumes that such Hash is callable with both K and Key type, and that the KeyEqual is transparent, which, together, allows calling this function without constructing an instance of Key

Parameters

key - key value to compare the elements to
x - a value of any type that can be transparently compared with a key

Return value

std::pair containing a pair of iterators defining the wanted range. If there are no such elements, past-the-end (see end()

Complexity

Average case linear in the number of elements with the key key, worst case linear in the size of the container.

Notes

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_generic_unordered_lookup 201811L (C++20) Heterogeneous comparison lookup in unordered associative containers, overloads (3,4)

Example

Estimates the characters frequency for given string.

#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_set>
 
int main()
{
    std::string sentence{"cppreference.com"};
    std::cout << "The sentence: " << sentence << '\n';
 
    std::unordered_multiset<char> sequence;
    for (char x : sentence)
        sequence.insert(x);
 
    std::cout << "The sequence: { ";
    for (char x : sequence)
        std::cout << x << ' ';
 
    std::cout << "}\n" "Symbol:Frequency: ";
    for (auto it = sequence.begin(); it != sequence.end();)
    {
        if (auto [first, last] = sequence.equal_range(*it); first != last)
        {
            std::cout << *first << ":" << std::distance(first, last) << "  ";
            it = last;
        }
        else
            ++it;
    }
}

Possible output:

The sentence: cppreference.com
The sequence: { m o c c c p p r r e e e e f n . }
Symbol:Frequency: m:1  o:1  c:3  p:2  r:2  e:4  f:1  n:1  .:1

See also

finds element with specific key
(public member function)
(C++20)
checks if the container contains element with specific key
(public member function)
returns the number of elements matching specific key
(public member function)
returns range of elements matching a specific key
(function template)