Modern C++ for Absolute Beginners: A Friendly Introduction to the C++ Programming Language and C++11 to C++23 Standards

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S. DmitrovićModern C++ for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9274-7_38

38. C++ Standard Library and Friends

Slobodan Dmitrović¹  

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Belgrade, Serbia

 

The C++ language is accompanied by a library called the C++ Standard Library. It is a collection of containers and useful functions that we access and use in our program by including the proper header file. The containers and functions inside the C++ Standard Library are defined in the std namespace. Remember the std::string type mentioned earlier? It is also a part of the standard library. The standard library is implemented through class templates. In short, prefer using the standard library ...