4. A Tour of C++: Containers and Algorithms

Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous?

– Hobbes

• Libraries

Standard-Library Overview; The Standard-Library Headers and Namespace

• Strings

• Stream I/O

Output; Input; I/O of User-Defined Types

• Containers

vector; list; map; unordered_map; Container Overview

• Algorithms

Use of Iterators; Iterator Types; Stream Iterators; Predicates; Algorithm Overview; Container Algorithms

• Advice

4.1. Libraries

No significant program is written in just a bare programming language. First, a set of libraries is developed. These then form the basis for further work. Most programs are tedious to write in the bare language, whereas just about any task can be rendered simple by the use of good libraries. ...

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