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C   : push_back a map<string, int> into a vector<map<string, int> > via an iterator?
int main()
{
    map<string, int> counters;

    cout << "Enter some words followed by end-of-file (ctrl-d): ";
    string word;
    while (cin >> word)
       ++counters[word];

    //maps cannot be sorted by values, so pass the elements of counters to a vector
    vector<map<string, int> > vec_counters;

    map<string, int>::const_iterator it = counters.begin();
    while (it != counters.end()) {
       vec_counters.push_back(*it);
       ++it;
    }

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

using namespace std;
int main()
{
    map<string, int> counters;

    cout << "Enter some words followed by end-of-file (ctrl-d): ";
    string word;
    while (cin >> word)
       ++counters[word];

    vector<std::pair<string, int> > vec(counters.begin(), counters.end());
}

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <boost/bimap.hpp>
#include <boost/bimap/list_of.hpp>
#include <boost/bimap/set_of.hpp>

int main()
{
    boost::bimap<boost::bimaps::set_of<std::string>, boost::bimaps::list_of<int>> m;

    for (std::string line; std::getline(std::cin, line); )
    {
        ++m.left[line];
    }

    auto & bml = m.left;
    auto & bmr = m.right;

    bmr.sort();

    for (auto const & p : bml) { std::cout << p.first << " => " << p.second << "n"; }
    for (auto const & p : bmr) { std::cout << p.first << " => " << p.second << "n"; }
}

vector<map<string, int> > vec_counters;

vector<std::pair<string, int> > vec_counters;

std::vector<std::pair<std::string, int> > vec_counters;

std::copy(counters.begin(),
          counters.end(),
          std::back_inserter(vec_counters));