C++ Standard Library

The C++ Standard Library can be categorized into two parts:

1. The Standard Function Library: This library consists of general-purpose,stand-alone functions that are not part of any class. The function library is inherited from C.

2. The Object Oriented Class Library: A collection of classes and associated functions.

Standard C++ Libarary incorporates all the Standard C libraries also, with small additions and changes to support type safety.

The Standard Function Library:

The standard function library is divided into the following categories:

• I/O

• String and character handling

• Mathematical

• Time, date, and localization

• Dynamic allocation

• Miscellaneous

• Wide-character functions

The Object Oriented Class Library:

Standard C++ Object Oriented Library defines an extensive set of classes that provide support for a number of common activities, including I/O, strings, and numeric processing. This library includes following:

• The Standard C++ I/O Classes

• The String Class

• The Numeric Classes

• The STL Container Classes

• The STL Algorithms

• The STL Function Objects

• The STL Iterators

• The STL Allocators

• The Localization library

• Exception Handling Classes

• Miscellaneous Support Library