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Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day, 9th Edition
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Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day, 9th Edition

by Siddhartha Rao
February 2022
Beginner
848 pages
22h 40m
English
Sams
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Lesson 15

An Introduction to the Standard Template Library

Put in simple terms, the Standard Template Library (STL) is a set of ­template classes and functions that supply a programmer with

  • ■   Containers for storing information

  • ■   Iterators for accessing the information stored

  • ■   Algorithms that comprise utility functions that work on containers using iterators

In this lesson, you get an overview of these three pillars of STL, which are explained in detail in forthcoming lessons.

STL Containers

Containers are STL classes that are used to store data. The STL supplies two types of container classes:

  • ■   Sequential containers

  • ■   Associative containers

In addition to these, the STL also provides classes called container adapters that are ...

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