How can I delete elements of a std::map with an iterator?

Question

I would like to loop through an std::map and delete items based on their contents. How best would this be done?

Answer 1

for(MyMap::iterator it = mymap.begin(); it!=mymap.end(); ) {
  if(mycondition(it))
    it = mymap.erase(it);
  else
    it++;
}

edit: seems that this works in MSVC only

edit2: in c++0x this works for associative containers too