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

Lesson 17

STL Dynamic Array Classes

Unlike static arrays, dynamic arrays give a programmer flexibility in terms of storing data without needing to know the exact volume of the data when programming an application. Naturally, this is a frequently needed requirement, and the Standard Template Library (STL) supplies a ready-to-use solution in the form of the std::vector class.

In this lesson, you learn

• ■   The characteristics of std::vector

• ■   Typical vector operations

• ■   The concepts of a vector’s size and capacity

• ■   The STL deque class

The Characteristics of std::vector

vector is a template class that supplies the generic functionality of a dynamic array and features the following characteristics:

• ■   You can add elements to the end of ...