Animator in c++ with SDL2 - c++

Question

I try to have a map where the key is an enum, and the value an array of SDL_Rect (which contains) all the coords for the animation.
std::map<Animation, SDL_Rect*> animations;
Animation currAnim;
I dont want to define a fixed number of animation like a solution I found here. How can I do ? Because
SDL_Rect right[3];
right[0].x = 264;
right[0].y = 0;
right[0].w = 36;
right[0].h = 64;
...
animations.insert(std::pair<Animation, SDL_Rect*>(Animation::MoveRight, right));
doesn't work.
I tried this but know I have another problem in my draw, where I must find the element of the vector with an int (frame) :
void Player::Draw(SDL_Renderer * renderer, int frame)
{
std::vector<SDL_Rect>::iterator it = std::find(animator->GetAnimations()[animator->GetCurrAnim()].begin(),
animator->GetAnimations()[animator->GetCurrAnim()].end(), frame);
SDL_RenderCopy(renderer, lTexture->GetTexture(), &*it, &rect);
}
I tried this but there is an error which said
'==' There is no operator found which accept type "SDL_Rect"

Answer 1

I would guess that the array you're using goes out of scope, thus the pointer you stored in the map is no longer valid.
Since you didn't post all of your code, one suggestion to you is to not store pointers as the data in the map. Instead, use std::vector.
#include <map>
#include <vector>
typedef std::map<Animation, std::vector<SDL_Rect>> AnimationMap;
//...
AnimationMap animations;
//...
std::vector<SDL_Rect> right(3);
right[0].x = 264;
right[0].y = 0;
right[0].w = 36;
right[0].h = 64;
//...
animations.insert(std::make_pair(Animation::MoveRight, right));
//...
If the vector right goes out of scope, the map is still ok, as a copy of the vector is placed in the data portion of the map.