Algorithm (C++)

In the C++ programming language, algorithms are components that perform algorithmic operations on containers and other sequences.

The C++ standard provides some standard algorithms collected in the <algorithm> standard header. All algorithms are in the std namespace.

A few of the most commonly used algorithms are:

• void copy(ForwardIterator source_begin, ForwardIterator source_end, ForwardIterator destination_begin)
• void fill(ForwardIterator destination_begin, ForwardIterator destination_end, T value)
• ForwardIterator find(ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end, T search_object) (returns an iterator the found object or end if the object isn't found)
• T max(T a, T b) returns the greater of the two arguments
• ForwardIterator max_element(ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end) finds the maximum element of a range
• T min(T a, T b) returns the smaller of the two arguments
• ForwardIterator min_element(ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end) finds the minimum element of a range

External links

• Standard C++ 1.2 Class Reference