C++ Primer Plus

Numeric Operations

Table G.16 summarizes the numeric operations, which are described by the numeric header file. Arguments are not shown, and overloaded functions are listed just once. Each function has a version that uses < for ordering elements and a version that uses a comparison function object for ordering elements. A fuller description, including the prototypes, follows the table. Thus, you can scan the table to get an idea of what a function does and then look up the details if you find the function appealing.

Table G.16. Sorting and Related Operations

Now let’s take a more detailed look at these numeric operations. For each function, the ...