No matching member function for call to "insert" std::unordered_map

Question

I am trying to hash a string to a pointer to a void function which takes in a string. I get the following error when trying to insert my key value pair into the map:

"No matching member function for call to "insert"

I am not sure how to interpret this error.

I think I'm either passing in the wrong type for insert, the function reference incorrectly, or typedef'ing a function pointer wrong.

#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
using namespace std;

void some_function(string arg)
{
  //some code
}

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {


    typedef void (*SwitchFunction)(string);
    unordered_map<string, SwitchFunction> switch_map;

    //trouble with this line
    switch_map.insert("example arg", &some_function); 
}   

Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer 1

If you want to place a new entry in the map, without actually making a new entry yourself (aka std::pair), then use one of these two forms:

switch_map.emplace("example.org", &some_function);
// OR:
switch_map["example.org"] = &some_function;

The method insert is only for adding PAIRS to the map.
If you need to use insert, then you must make a pair, as @Barry illustrated in his answer.

Answer 2

The following code is working fine.

#include<iostream>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
using namespace std;

void some_function(string arg)
{
    return;
  //some code
}

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
typedef void (*SwitchFunction)(string);


    unordered_map<string, SwitchFunction> switch_map;

    //trouble with this line
    switch_map.insert(std::make_pair("example arg", &some_function));
}  

You have to use std::make_pair to insert the value.