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C++ Data Structures and Algorithms

You're reading from  C++ Data Structures and Algorithms

Product type Book
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788835213
Pages 322 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Wisnu Anggoro Wisnu Anggoro
Profile icon Wisnu Anggoro

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Learning Data Structures and Algorithms in C++ 2. Storing Data in Lists and Linked Lists 3. Constructing Stacks and Queues 4. Arranging Data Elements Using a Sorting Algorithm 5. Finding out an Element Using Searching Algorithms 6. Dealing with the String Data Type 7. Building a Hierarchical Tree Structure 8. Associating a Value to a Key in a Hash Table 9. Implementation of Algorithms in Real Life 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Applying List and LinkedList using STL


C++ has three data types which we can use to store specific items such as List, SinglyLinkedList, and DoublyLinkedList. std::vector can be used as List , std::forward_list can be used as SinglyLinkedList, and std::list can be used as DoublyLinkedList. They both have fetching, inserting, searching, and removing operations. However, the method names they have are different with our developed data type, and we are going to discuss this in this section. In this section, we are going to discuss std::vector and std::list only, since std::forward_list is similar to std:: list.

std::vector

A vector, which is like an array, is a container to store a bunch of items contiguously. However, the vector can double its size automatically if we insert a new item when its capacity has been reached. Also, vectors have many member functions that arrays don't have, and provide iterators that act like pointers but aren't.

Don't forget to include the vector header at the beginning...

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