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+# Lecture 16 --- Associative Containers (Maps), Part 2
+
+## 16.1 More Complicated Values
+
+- Let’s look at the example:
+```cpp
+map<string, vector<int> > m;
+map<string, vector<int> >::iterator p;
+```
+
+Note that the space between the &gt; &gt; is required (by many compiler parsers). Otherwise, &gt;&gt; is treated as an operator
+
+- Here’s the syntax for entering the number 5 in the vector associated with the string "hello":
+
+```cpp
+m[string("hello")].push_back(5);
+```
+
+- Here’s the syntax for accessing the size of the vector stored in the map pair referred to by map iterator p:
+
+```cpp
+p = m.find(string("hello"));
+p->second.size()
+```
+
+Now, if you want to access (and change) the ith entry in this vector you can either using subscripting:
+
+```cpp
+(p->second)[i] = 15;
+```
+
+(the parentheses are needed because of precedence) or you can use vector iterators:
+
+```cpp
+vector<int>::iterator q = p->second.begin() + i;
+*q = 15;
+```
+
+Both of these, of course, assume that at least i+1 integers have been stored in the vector (either through the
+use of push back or through construction of the vector).
+- We can figure out the correct syntax for all of these by drawing pictures to visualize the contents of the map
+and the pairs stored in the map. We will do this during lecture, and you should do so all the time in practice.
+
+## 16.2 Typedefs
+
+- One of the painful aspects of using maps is the syntax. For example, consider a constant iterator in a map
+associating strings and vectors of ints:
+
+```cpp
+map < string, vector<int> > :: const_iterator p;
+```
+
+- Typedefs are a syntactic means of shortening this. For example, if you place the line:
+
+```cpp
+typedef map < string, vector<int> > map_vect;
+```
+
+before your main function (and any function prototypes), then anywhere you want the map you can just use
+the identifier map_vect:
+
+```cpp
+map_vect :: const_iterator p;
+```
+
+The compiler makes the substitution for you.
+
+## 16.10 Leetcode Exercises
+
+- [Leetcode problem 49: Group Anagrams](https://leetcode.com/problems/group-anagrams/). Solution: [p49_group_anagrams.cpp](../../leetcode/p49_group_anagrams.cpp).
+- [Leetcode problem 290: Word Pattern](https://leetcode.com/problems/word-pattern/). Solution: [p290_word_pattern.cpp](../../leetcode/p290_word_pattern.cpp).
+
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+class Solution {
+public:
+    vector<vector<string>> groupAnagrams(vector<string>& strs) {
+        std::vector<std::vector<std::string> > result;
+        int size = strs.size();
+        // create a map, key is the word, value is the anagram group.
+        std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> > map1;
+        for(int i=0; i<size; i++){
+            std::string s = strs[i];
+            // ate, eat, tea will be the same word after sorting.
+            sort(s.begin(), s.end());
+            // the most tricky line, this is the magic of [] in map.
+            map1[s].push_back(strs[i]);
+        }
+        // use the map
+        std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> >::iterator itr;
+        itr = map1.begin();
+        while(itr != map1.end()){
+            // question: do you understand why we do this push_back?
+            result.push_back(itr->second);
+            itr++;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+};