C++ STL Containers for Data Structures

Chapter 1

Overview of STL Containers

1

Memory layout and complexity of STL containers

2

Iterator invalidation rules and safe patterns

Chapter 2

Sequence Containers

3

vector basics: initialization, resizing, and capacity

4

when to use vector vs deque

5

list vs forward_list and trade-offs

6

array: fixed-size storage and benefits

Chapter 3

Associative Containers

7

map: ordered key-value storage and usage

8

set: unique elements and ordering

9

multimap: multiple values per key

10

multiset: counting with ordering

Chapter 4

Unordered Containers

11

unordered_map: hash-based key-value storage

12

unordered_set: hash-based set

Chapter 5

Container Adaptors

13

stack: LIFO container adaptor

14

queue: FIFO container adaptor

15

priority_queue: heap-based ordering

Chapter 6

Iterators and Algorithms in Practice

16

Intro to iterators: begin, end, and traversal

17

Using STL algorithms with containers (sort, find, transform)