Lesson 20. STL Map Classes

The Standard Template Library (STL) supplies the programmer with container classes that help with applications that require frequent and quick searches.

This lesson covers

Image How STL map and multimap, unordered_map, and unordered_multimap containers can be of use to you

Image Insertion, removal, and search of elements

Image Supplying a custom sort predicate

Basics of how hash tables work

An Introduction to STL Map Classes

The map

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