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STL - Beginners			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Practical Guide to STL Updated: 12 Apr 2004   An article on practical learning of STL in the MS development environment. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	Jeff Bogan	4.03
An Introductory STL tutorial Updated: 23 May 2000   An STL starter that introduces the various collection types, strings, streams, iterators and methods of STL VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	David Hubbard	3.98
Using STL Updated: 29 Dec 1999   A brief introduction on using the Standard Template Library VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	Zoran M. Todorovic	3.67
STL 101 Part D - sorted associative containers, Set and Map Updated: 23 Mar 2002   Coverage of two more containers from the STL, namely set and map, and the functions provided for them. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, STL, Dev, Beginner	Christian Graus	3.67
STL101 Part C - Functors Updated: 1 Apr 2002   This third article describes how to write function adaptors which allow customization of STL functions. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	Christian Graus	3.47
STL101 Part B - List and Iterators Updated: 24 Feb 2002   My second STL article covers std::list and discusses different iterator types VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	Christian Graus	3.27
STL 101 Part A - Vector Updated: 20 Feb 2002   The first in a series of articles on STL, this one covers vector and some common algorithms VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	Christian Graus	3.06
STL - Collections and Iterators			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
An In-Depth Study of the STL Deque Container Updated: 11 Nov 2003   This article presents an in-depth analysis of std::deque and offers guidance as to when to prefer using it as opposed to std::vector, by taking into consideration memory allocation and container performance. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Advanced	Nitron	4.86
Pretty Good Initialization Library Updated: 25 Nov 2004   Are you tired of filling data manually into STL containers? With the Initialization Library it gets a lot easier. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Thorsten Ottosen	4.84
An STL-like bidirectional map Updated: 31 Oct 2006   A template container implementing a bidirectional map that blends well with STL. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Joaquín M López Muñoz	4.79
A Presentation of the STL Vector Container Updated: 3 Nov 2003   Presenting the std::vector with a discussion on STL algorithms and predicates. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Beginner	Nitron	4.55
Conditional Iteration over a Composite using Functors Updated: 8 Oct 2004   Using functors to conditionally return values during iteration over a composite. VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Dave Handley	4.47
An STL compliant sorted vector Updated: 28 Nov 2002   A template container which implements set/multiset functionality using a vector C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Martin Holzherr	4.35
Checked Iterators Updated: 24 Feb 2007   Answers to some common questions on C++ checked iterators. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Nemanja Trifunovic	4.25
Typed Iteration over a Composite Updated: 13 Oct 2004   Implementation of STL compliant type sensitive composite iterators. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Dave Handley	4.18
STL containers map, set, and list with fast array access Updated: 5 Aug 2002   Source code for STL compliant container classes that add fast indexing capability to existing container types VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Ray Virzi	4.13
An STL like Tree Class Updated: 28 May 2002   A multi-node Tree class by using map and vector VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Jack Hui	4.04
Input and output iterators for sampling a data stream Updated: 3 Nov 2003   These iterators provide a simple way to sample or stretch a fixed size data set to fit in a larger or smaller container VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Andy Brummer	3.88
The Token Iterator Updated: 3 May 2000   Token Iterator provides an easy to use, familiar, and customizable way in which to go through the tokens contained in a string VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	John R. Bandela	3.82
Binary Sorting Into a std::list Updated: 9 Dec 2002   One technique for performing a binary insertion sort on a std::list VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, PocketPC 2002, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	3.36
Polymorphic STL containers and iterators Updated: 20 Aug 2004   Template classes to build polymorphic data structures based on STL, enabling transparent use of STL algorithms. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Philippe Guglielmetti	2.76
STL - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Implementing Semantic Actions in the Boost Spirit Parser Framework Updated: 10 Oct 2004   Using composites to implement a modular arithmetic calculator with the Boost Spirit parser framework. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Dave Handley	4.83
Upgrading an STL-based application to use Unicode. Updated: 16 Jul 2003   Problems that developers will face when upgrading an STL-based application to use Unicode and how to solve them. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Taka Muraoka	4.78
Smart Pointers to boost your code Updated: 27 Sep 2004   A beginner's introduction to the smart pointers provided by the boost library. VC6, VS6, Windows, STL, Dev, Beginner	peterchen	4.77
STL without warnings Updated: 15 Nov 2001   Using STL on warning level 4 VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Oskar Wieland	4.74
STL compliant container example Updated: 9 Aug 2003   A self explaning example on how to build a fully compliant STL container VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VS.NET2003, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	doxys	4.73
Can search_n be more efficient? Updated: 27 Mar 2007   This article is discussing the efficiency of the most popular search_n implementations. Furthermore, it is introducing a new search_n specialization for random access iterators, which outruns by far the most commonly used implementations. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS6, STL, Dev, Advanced	Jim Xochellis	4.72
The complete guide to STL. Part 3 - deque - Unedited Updated: 21 Oct 2007   An introduction to STL deque VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, STL, Dev, Beginner	cristitomi	4.68
An Introduction to the Boost Spirit Parser framework Updated: 9 Oct 2004   Basic introduction to producing parsers with the boost::spirit library. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, STL, Dev, Beginner	Dave Handley	4.65
Expression-based callbacks Updated: 12 Mar 2006   An easy way to provide expression-based callbacks in STL containers. VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Achilleas Margaritis	4.60
find_first_of: A performance pitfall among the STL algorithms Updated: 18 Jun 2007   This article is discussing the performance problems found in the most notable find_first_of implementations and suggests useful improvements and workarounds. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Windows, STL, Dev, Advanced	Jim Xochellis	4.59
boost 2: shared_ptr wraps resource handles Updated: 16 Nov 2004   Using boost, we can write "almost perfect" wrappers for GDI and other resource handles, in a few lines of code. VC6, VS6, Windows, STL, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	peterchen	4.58
zipstream, bzip2stream: iostream wrappers for the zlib and bzip2 libraries Updated: 2 Oct 2003   STL compliant, stream-to-stream, zlib and bzip2 wrapper with wide char support. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Jonathan de Halleux	4.57
Debug tracing in stream-like way Updated: 24 May 2007   Tracing in the debug window using std::ostream VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, STL, Dev, Intermediate	emilio_grv	4.57
The complete guide to STL. Part 1 - vector - Unedited Updated: 18 Oct 2007   An introduction to STL vector VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, STL, Dev, Beginner	cristitomi	4.56
Easier Usage of the STL Algorithms with Pair Associative Containers (map, hash_map, etc.) Updated: 17 Jan 2004   Using custom function adaptors to clarify the usage of a function within an STL algorithm. VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Jay Kint	4.54
The complete guide to STL. Part 2 - list - Unedited Updated: 27 Oct 2007   An introduction to STL list VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, STL, Dev, Beginner	cristitomi	4.53
Simple C++ class for XML writing Updated: 4 Dec 2003   Tiny template-based C++ class, which simplifies writing of XML data. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Oboltus	4.50
STL like template based coding with the MMX/SSE extension Updated: 17 Nov 2006   STL like template based coding with the MMX/SSE extension using OpenCV, vigra, and boost. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Hirotaka Niitsuma	4.50
Some useful additions for the C++ standard library Updated: 11 Apr 2000   Defines some TCHAR compatible STL elements and gives you an std::ostream to send output to the debugger windows. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Daniel Lohmann	4.43
STL Function objects Updated: 24 Sep 2001   Using STL function objects in std::sort VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Losinger	4.42
ptr_vector - A Container For Pointers Updated: 25 Oct 2006   Convenient STL-compliant vector for pointers. VC6, VS6, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Roland Pibinger	4.42
IoBind, a serializer code factory. Updated: 29 Jun 2003   IoBind proposes a new approach to object serialization. VC7, VC7.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Jonathan de Halleux	4.39
single_pass_search: Generic sequence searching through single-pass iterators - Unedited Updated: 13 Jul 2008   This article presents a generic sequence searching template function, which is more versatile than std::search VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++, C, Dev, Advanced	Jim Xochellis	4.36
Clone Smart Pointer (clone_ptr) Updated: 23 Aug 2005   A non-sharing smart pointer class that can be used with STL containers like std::map, vector, list, set, and deque. The smart pointer has assignment operator and greater than operator that call the target object's equal operator. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Axter	4.33
An Introduction to Boost Updated: 6 Jul 2003   An overview of the Boost library VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Andrew Walker	4.31
iostream modifiers Updated: 14 Jul 2002   An exploration of extending the iostreams framework through stream modifiers VC7, VS.NET2002, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Christian Graus	4.27
How to use STL helper template function mem_fun in sophisticated algorithms Updated: 24 Jun 2005   The article gives a sample that demonstrates the use of mem_fun in some special cases. VC7.1, Win2K, VS.NET2003, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Zhaohui Xing (Joey)	4.19
A Functor that deletes Pointers from STL Sequence Containers Updated: 21 Mar 2004   A policy based deletion functor that can be used with for_each function. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Nemanja Trifunovic	4.18
Into the STL distance function Updated: 21 Feb 2006   Learning basic generic programming concepts from the STL distance function. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	ophir.setter	4.17
Applying STL to Legacy Arrays Updated: 21 Mar 2004   Explains how to apply STL algorithms to legacy arrays in a minimally invasive way C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Kevin McFarlane	4.12
Using the std::sort() Method Updated: 27 Apr 2000   An introduction to sorting using STL VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Beginner	Paul Wolfensberger	3.93
typeof operator implementation Updated: 6 Aug 2004   A typeof operator for Visual C++ 7.1 compiler. VC7.1, VS.NET2003, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Goran Mitrovic	3.91
A handy tokenizer function using the STL Updated: 7 Mar 2006   A handy and customizable tokenizer function that works with STL strings. VC7.1, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Joerg Wiedenmann	3.85
OStringStream, or how to stop worrying and never use sprintf again Updated: 20 Mar 2002   A typesafe alternative to sprintf from the std library VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Christian Graus	3.80
Functional STL using Range Adaptors - Unedited Updated: 16 Feb 2007   Introduction to Functional STL Library using Boost.Range Adaptors. VC7.1, VC8.0, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS2005, STL, Dev, Intermediate	mb2sync	3.75
Quick and convenient way to build STL strings. Updated: 16 Dec 2002   A quick and convenient way to build STL strings. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, PocketPC 2002, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Taka Muraoka	3.74
How to build an in-memory state engine at runtime - Unedited Updated: 28 Oct 2007   C++ template for an efficient in-memory state engine VC8.0, VS2005, Windows, STL, Dev, Design, Intermediate	osy	3.67
Declutter your loops ... Replacing for with for_each Updated: 28 May 2005   How to use the STL for_each algorithm to implement loops and why it's a good idea to do so. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Gabhan Berry	3.60
Utilities for STL std::string - Unedited Updated: 18 Jun 2008   Utility functions for std::string VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, STL, Dev, Intermediate	jamesfancy	3.52
linked_map Updated: 21 Apr 2006   A template to traverse STL maps in insertion order. VC6, VS6, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Fernando Lagos	3.42
Deriving your own stream from the iostreams framework Updated: 24 Jul 2002   An exploration of extending the iostreams framework through custom streams. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Christian Graus	3.35
STL Serialization Library (STL-SL) - Unedited Updated: 9 Oct 2006   STL Serialization Library can serialize and load STL objects from a file. The serialization-file format can be customised to suit ones' needs. It's fast, easy and free ! VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Advanced	Aniruddha Jahagirdar	3.28
PDU lib under STL for SMS - Unedited Updated: 21 May 2007   This is a light weight lib for decoding and encoding GSM SMS pdu format C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Louis huang	3.14
STL split string function - Unedited Updated: 13 May 2007   Split a string using a single character delimiter. Template function. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Advanced	David 'dex' Schwartz	3.09
IOStream Inserters And Extractors Updated: 16 Apr 2002   Showing how to extend iostreams in order to stream custom types VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, STL, Dev, Beginner	Christian Graus	3.04
A study of STL container, Iterator and Predicates - Unedited Updated: 3 Dec 2006   A study of STL container, Iterator and Predicates with the discussion of std::vector VC7.1, .NET 1.1, VB, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate	JPandya	2.84
A trim implementation for std::string Updated: 3 Jul 2005   This article discusses two implementations of the trim function, applied to std::strings. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Rodrigo C F Dias	2.77
A CStringT-liked STL string class - Unedited Updated: 18 Apr 2006   a string class which based on STL and can be used as the CStringT in MFC VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Carl Ge	2.61
Winamp Control Utility via hotkeys - Unedited Updated: 16 Jan 2007   A small snippet which allows you to control your winamp via predefined hotkeys C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	petersunde	2.41
Templated Burrows-Wheeler transformation Updated: 28 May 2005   An article on how to use the templated class for Burrows-Wheeler transformation. VC7.1, VS.NET2003, Windows, STL, Dev, Advanced	Rasmus Kaae	2.40
Understanding STL Updated: 18 Dec 2003   This article explains STL internals. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Linux, Intermediate	Jais Joy	2.26
Using STL algorithm to simplify the code procedure Updated: 26 Feb 2004   The article gives the sample to demonstrate the advantage of using STL algorithm. VC7.1, Win2K, VS.NET2003, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Zhaohui Xing (Joey)	2.25
Using STL to build a simple DOM model and its scripting scheme Updated: 17 Oct 2004   Using STL to build a simple DOM model and its scripting scheme. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, eVC 3.0, Windows, Win Mobile, Visual Studio, Mobile, STL, Dev, Intermediate	sanjit_rath	2.00
Merge Sort and Selection Sort Algorithm For STL vectors in normal and template versions. - Unedited Updated: 9 Jun 2006   Merge Sort VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	mithun.nss	1.92
Least Recently Used - Unedited Updated: 24 Nov 2007   An implementation of Least Recently Used (LRU) Algorithm VC8.0, VS2005, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Fekri Kassem	1.67
String Utils - Unedited Updated: 7 May 2006   Simple utilities to manage strings. Specially devoted to VB backgrounders C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Beginner	Ernesto Savoretti	1.66
STL - Memory Allocation			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
A Custom Block Allocator for Speeding Up VC++ STL Updated: 30 Oct 2006   A block allocator for use with STL containers that greatly improves speed in programs doing massive data insertions and extractions. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VS2005, Windows, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Joaquín M López Muñoz	4.13
auto_ptr and its usage - Unedited Updated: 16 Feb 2008   This article talks about the usage of STL's auto_ptr class VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++, C++/CLI, C, Windows, STL, Dev, Design, Beginner, Intermediate	Neeraj S	2.45