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Need Help with understanding the Time complexity of the following code in c++?
By zenwraight, history, 14 months ago, In English

Hi Folks, I came across a piece of code and I am having a hard time figuring out the time complexity of the code. Here is the code:-

This is just for example purpose, basically the q has N values, just for example purpose, I am considering N=3. 

map<string, queue<int>> m;
queue<int> q;
q.push(0);
q.push(1);
q.push(2);
m["key"] = q;
queue<int> temp = m["key"];

I want to know will the time complexity of this piece of code be O(1) or O(N)?

My understanding says that it's O(N) because of line queue<int> temp = m["key"] , as we copy the queue to a new variable.

Any pointers or help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks Folks :)

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14 months ago, # |
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O(1) because there is no any N at all

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    [user:oversolver]Thanks a lot for your response Sir, so if the q had size N and m["key"] = q.

    Then would this line queue<int> temp = m["key"] take O(N) time? Basically I want to understand that if I try to store the queue value to an auxiliary queue temp, does it perform this operation in O(1) or O(size of the queue)?

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      Probably yes, copying a $$$N$$$ sized queue (or even vectors, strings, sets, etc.) takes $$$O(size)$$$ time.

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If the queue size is N and the map size is M then firstly look up through the map will take log(M) time + O(N) time to copying all the values to queue.

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