Deleting elements

Removing all elements:

std::multimap< int , int > mmp{ {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {6, 5}, {8, 9}, {3, 4}, {6, 7} };
mmp.clear(); //empty multimap

Removing element from somewhere with the help of iterator:

std::multimap< int , int > mmp{ {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {6, 5}, {8, 9}, {3, 4}, {6, 7} };
                            // {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {3, 4}, {6, 5}, {6, 7}, {8, 9}
auto it = mmp.begin();
std::advance(it,3); // moved cursor on first {6, 5}
mmp.erase(it); // {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {3, 4}, {6, 7}, {8, 9}

Removing all elements in a range:

std::multimap< int , int > mmp{ {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {6, 5}, {8, 9}, {3, 4}, {6, 7} };
                            // {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {3, 4}, {6, 5}, {6, 7}, {8, 9}
auto it = mmp.begin();
auto it2 = it;
it++; //moved first cursor on first {3, 4}
std::advance(it2,3);  //moved second cursor on first {6, 5}
mmp.erase(it,it2); // {1, 2}, {6, 5}, {6, 7}, {8, 9}

Removing all elements having a provided value as key:

std::multimap< int , int > mmp{ {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {6, 5}, {8, 9}, {3, 4}, {6, 7} };
                            // {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {3, 4}, {6, 5}, {6, 7}, {8, 9}
mmp.erase(6); // {1, 2}, {3, 4}, {3, 4}, {8, 9}

Removing elements that satisfy a predicate pred:

std::map<int,int> m;
auto it = m.begin();
while (it != m.end()) {
	if (pred(*it)) {
	   it = m.erase(it);
	} else {
	   ++it;
	}
}

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