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The C++ Standard Library - Second Edition

By : Rainer Grimm
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The C++ Standard Library - Second Edition

By: Rainer Grimm

Overview of this book

Standard template library enables programmers to speed up application development using the built-in data structures and algorithms in their codes. The C++ Standard Library is a comprehensive guide to the updated library of classes, algorithms, functions, iterators, and containers and serves as the best reference to the current C++ 17 standard. Starting with the introduction and history of the standard library, this book goes on to demonstrate how quickly you can manipulate various C++ template classes while writing your applications. You'll also learn in detail the four types of STL components. Then you'll discover the best methods to analyze or modify a string. You'll also learn how to make your application communicate with the outside world using input and output streams and how to use the non-owning string objects with regular strings. By the end of this book, you'll be able to take your programming skills to a higher level by leveraging the standard C++ libraries.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Reader Testimonials
8
6. Adaptors for Containers
19
Index

Functions

Functions are the simplest callables. They can have - apart from static variables - no state. Because the definition of a function is often widely separated from its use or even in a different translation unit, the compiler has fewer opportunities to optimise the resulting code.

void square(int& i){i= i*i;}
std::vector<int> myVec{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};

std::for_each(myVec.begin(), myVec.end(), square);
for (auto v: myVec) std::cout << v << " ";      // 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100