How to access elements of a C++ map from a pointer?

Question

Simple question but difficult to formulate for a search engine: if I make a pointer to a map object, how do I access and set its elements? The following code does not work.<

Answer 1

map *myFruit;
(*myFruit)["apple"] = 1;
(*myFruit)["pear"] = 2;

would work if you need to keep it as a pointer.