You can do anything in C++. your example can be done as this:
std::string mystdarr[][2] = {{"Abel","Hirst"},{"Benjamin","Foster"},{"Letty","Johnson"},{"George","Hanson"},{"Chris","Johnson"},{"Priscilla","Stein"}, {"",""}};
int arrsize = sizeof(mystdarr)/sizeof(mystdarr[0]);
for (auto it=0; it < arrsize - 1; ++it) {
auto itFound = std::find_if(&mystdarr[it+1], &mystdarr[arrsize-1], [&](const std::string (&cmp)[2]) { return !cmp[1].compare(mystdarr[it][1]); });
if (itFound != (std::string (*)[2])(mystdarr[arrsize-1]))
std::cout << mystdarr[it][0].c_str() << " and " << (*itFound)[0].c_str() << " have the same family name (" << (*itFound)[1].c_str() << ")\n";
}
Or, if you'd like less cryptic code (it's cryptic because built-in arrays in C/C++ are by no means flexible), you can do this:
struct SS
{
std::string firstName;
std::string lastName;
SS(const std::string& fname, const std::string& lname) : firstName(fname), lastName(lname) {};
};
std::vector myarr;
myarr.push_back(SS("Abel", "Hirst"));
myarr.push_back(SS("Benjamin", "Foster"));
myarr.push_back(SS("Letty", "Johnson"));
myarr.push_back(SS("George", "Hanson"));
myarr.push_back(SS("Chris", "Johnson"));
myarr.push_back(SS("Priscilla", "Stein"));
for (auto it=myarr.begin(); it!=myarr.end(); ++it)
{
auto itFound = std::find_if(it + 1, myarr.end(), [&](const SS& cmp) {return !cmp.lastName.compare(it->lastName);});
if (itFound != myarr.end())
std::cout << it->firstName.c_str() << " and " << itFound->firstName.c_str() << " have the same family name (" << it->lastName.c_str() << ")\n";
}
