16.7. Wrap-Up

In this chapter, we demonstrated many of the Standard Library algorithms, including mathematical algorithms, basic searching and sorting algorithms and set operations. You learned the types of iterators each algorithm requires and that each algorithm can be used with any container that supports the minimum iterator functionality the algorithm requires. We introduced function objects that work syntactically and semantically like ordinary functions, but offer advantages such as performance and the ability to store data. Finally, you used lambda expressions to create function objects inline then passed them to Standard Library algorithms.

We introduced exception handling earlier in the book in our discussion of arrays. In the next chapter, we take a deeper look at C++’s rich set of exception handling capabilities.