Random unordered_multimap using std::generate

Question

I'm trying to generate a random unordered_multimap of size 10 using the following code:

#include <algorithm>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <cstdlib>

int main()
{
    auto m = std::unordered_multimap<int, int>(10);
    std::generate(
        m.begin(),
        m.end(),
        [](){return std::pair{std::rand(),std::rand()};}
    );
} 

But it won't compile with an error

 In file included from /usr/include/c++/7/algorithm:62:0,
                 from main.cpp:2:
/usr/include/c++/7/bits/stl_algo.h: In instantiation of ‘void std::generate(_FIter, _FIter, _Generator) [with _FIter = std::__detail::_Node_iterator<std::pair<const int, int>, false, false>; _Generator = main()::<lambda()>]’:
<span class="error_line" onclick="ide.gotoLine('main.cpp',11)">main.cpp:11:5</span>:   required from here
/usr/include/c++/7/bits/stl_algo.h:4438:11: error: use of deleted function ‘std::pair<_T1, _T2>& std::pair<_T1, _T2>::operator=(typename std::conditional, std::is_copy_assignable<_T2> > >::value, const std::pair<_T1, _T2>&, const std::__nonesuch_no_braces&>::type) [with _T1 = const int; _T2 = int; typename std::conditional, std::is_copy_assignable<_T2> > >::value, const std::pair<_T1, _T2>&, const std::__nonesuch_no_braces&>::type = const std::pair&]’
  *__first = __gen();
  ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/c++/7/utility:70:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/7/unordered_map:38,
                 from main.cpp:1:
/usr/include/c++/7/bits/stl_pair.h:378:7: note: declared here
       operator=(typename conditional<
       ^~~~~~~~

Q: Is it possible to generate a random unordered_multimap using std::generate? If not, what's the best way to do it?

PS: I know I should be using std::default_random_engine instead of std::rand, and I do in the real code, this is just for demonstrative purposes.

Answer 1

You can use the std::insert_iterator class template to achieve what you're looking for:

auto m = std::unordered_multimap<int, int>{};

std::generate_n(std::insert_iterator(m, m.begin()),
     10, [](){ return std::pair{std::rand(),std::rand()}; });