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C++ Fundamentals

By : Brent Arnold
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C++ Fundamentals

By: Brent Arnold

Overview of this book

C++ has come a long way and is now adopted in several contexts. Its key strengths are its software infrastructure and resource-constrained applications, including desktop applications, servers, and performance-critical applications, not to forget its importance in game programming. Despite its strengths in these areas, beginners usually tend to shy away from learning the language because of its steep learning curve. The main mission of this book is to make you familiar and comfortable with C++. You will finish the book not only being able to write your own code, but more importantly, you will be able to read other projects. It is only by being able to read others' code that you will progress from a beginner to an advanced programmer. This book is the first step in that progression.
Table of Contents (6 chapters)
Chapter 5
Standard Library Containers and Algorithms
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Section 8
Algorithms Provided by the C++ Standard Template Library
Algorithms are a way to operate on containers in an abstract way. The C++ standard library provides a wide range of algorithms for all the common operations that can be performed on ranges of elements. Because algorithms accept iterators, they can operate on any container, even user defined containers, if they provide iterators.