why do we use maps in triggers instead of lists

Question

why do we use maps in triggers instead of lists ? please help with few examples advantage of using maps.

Answer 1

You can directly use the Map for getting any record. You don't need 2nd for a loop.
Scenarios:
1) When moving line items from one opportunity to other opportunities we need to use the map
2) to determine whether an old value is changed or not in a trigger we need to use the map

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