Simple dictionary in C++

Question

Moving some code from Python to C++.

BASEPAIRS = { \"T\": \"A\", \"A\": \"T\", \"G\": \"C\", \"C\": \"G\" }

Thinking maps might be overkill? W

Answer 1

BASEPAIRS = { "T": "A", "A": "T", "G": "C", "C": "G" } What would you use?

Maybe:

static const char basepairs[] = "ATAGCG";
// lookup:
if (const char* p = strchr(basepairs, c))
    // use p[1]

;-)