Is there a way for std::map to "edit" values like a predicate for the key?

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Published on 2010-12-25T01:35:43Z Indexed on 2010/12/25 1:54 UTC
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I am wondering if it is possible to create something like a predicate for a std::map for all of its values so I don't have to edit the values before I insert them into the map.

What I would like is something like this:

mymap["username"] = " Marlon "; // notice the space on both sides of my name
assert(mymap["username"] == "Marlon"); // no more whitespace

The context is I am creating a std::map for a .ini file and I would like it to automatically remove leading/trailing whitespace from the values when I want to retrieve them. I've already created a predicate to ignore casing and whitespace from the key so I want to know if it is possible to do the same for the value.

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