C++ Standard Library including C++ 14 & C++ 17

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C++ is one of the most prominent programming languages in the world. Along with optimized performance, the diverse functionality it offers has kept the language relevant for two decades. The C++ Standard Library, which is the collection of all the tools and utilities available in C++, ... See More

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1. Introduction

About this course

Conventions

Source Examples

Further Information

C++ versus C++11

2. The Standard Library

History

Utilities

Components

3. Overview

Numeric Functions

Text Processing

Input, Output and Filesystems

Multithreading

4. Application of Libraries

Introduction

Including Header Files

Using Namespaces

Building an Executable

5. Utilities

Utilities in C++ Standard Library

6. Useful Functions

The min, max and minmax functions

Move vs. Copy

Forward

Swap

7. Adaptors for Functions

std::bind and std::function

Behavior of std::bind and std::function

8. Pairs and Tuples

Pairs

Tuples

9. Reference Wrappers

Introduction

std::ref and std::cref

10. Smart Pointers

Introduction

Unique Pointers

Shared Pointers

Weak Pointers

Cyclic References

11. Type Traits

Introduction

Check Type Information

Type Comparisons and Modifications

12. Time Library

Introduction

Time Point

Time Duration

Clock

13. std::any, std::optional, and std::variant

std::any

std::optional

std::variant

14. Interface of All Containers

Introduction

Create and Delete

Size

Access

Assign and Swap

Compare

15. Sequential Containers

Introduction

Arrays

Vectors

Deques

Lists

Forward Lists

16. Associative Containers

Introduction

Insertion and Deletion

17. Ordered Associative Containers

Overview

Keys and Values

The Comparison Criterion

Special Search Functions

Maps

18. Unordered Associative Containers

Overview

Keys and Values

Performance

The Hash Function

The Details

19. Adaptors for Containers

Introduction

Stack

Queue

Priority Queue

20. Iterators

Introduction

Categories

Iterator Creation

Useful Functions

Adaptors

21. Callable Units

Introduction

Functions and Function Objects

Lambda Functions

22. Algorithms

Introduction

Conventions

Iterators are the glue

Sequential, parallel, or parallel execution with vectorisation

Algorithms with Parallelized Versions

for_each

23. Non-Modifying Algorithms

Introduction

Search Elements

Count Elements

Check Conditions on Ranges

Compare Ranges

Search for Ranges within Ranges

24. Modifying Algorithms

Copy Elements and Ranges

Replace Elements and Ranges

Remove Elements and Ranges

Fill and Create Ranges

Move Ranges

Swap Ranges

Transform Ranges

Reverse Ranges

Rotate Ranges

Randomly Shuffle Ranges

Remove Duplicates

25. More Algorithms

Partition

Sort

Binary Search

Merge Operations

Heaps

Min and Max

Permutations

Numeric

26. New Algorithms with C++17

Reduce

Scan

27. Numeric

Random Numbers

Functions Inherited from C

28. Strings

Introduction

Create and Delete

Conversion Between C++ and C Strings

Size versus Capacity

Comparison and Concatenation

Element Access

Input and Output

Search

Modifying Operations

Numeric Conversions

29. String View

Introduction

Create and initialise

Non-modifying operations

Modifying operations

30. Regular Expressions

Introduction

Character Types

Regular Expression Objects

The Search Result

Match

Search

Replace

Format

Repeated Search

31. Input and Output Streams

Introduction

String Streams

File Streams

State of the Stream

User-defined Data Types

Hierarchy

Iostream

Input and Output Functions

Format Specifier

32. File Systems

Filesystem library

Classes

Non-member functions

File types

33. Multithreading

Memory Model

Atomic Data Types

Threads

Shared Variables

Thread Local Data

Condition Variables

Tasks