I'm using std::map in such a way:

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    map<string, int> my_map;

    my_map.insert(pair<string, int>("Ab", 1));
    my_map.insert(pair<string, int>("Abb", 2));
    my_map.insert(pair<string, int>("Abc", 3));
    my_map.insert(pair<string, int>("Abd", 4));
    my_map.insert(pair<string, int>("Ac", 5));
    my_map.insert(pair<string, int>("Ad", 5));

    cout<<my_map.lower_bound("Ab")->second<<endl;
    cout<<my_map.upper_bound("Ab")->second<<endl;
    return 0;
}

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I'd like to get all values whose key starts with a particular string (for example "Ab"). I can easily get the begin iterator using map::lower_bound. But how can I get an upper bound? Do I have to iterate the whole set starting at lower bound and check every key if it still starts with "Ab"?

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