Templates in C++
An introduction to using template classes in C++, that starts extremely simply and builds up from there...
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Printing the contents of STL containers in a generic way
A generic Print function A way of using STL algorithms combined with template functions as a means of printing the contents of any type of STL container (eg a std::vector ), containing any generic data type (eg int , std::string etc). typename T defines the generic data type held by the container, while typename InputIterator describes the STL container iterators passed to it:
Using Template Classes to Handle Generic Data Types in STL Containers
A code snippet with which utilizes both template classes and STL to handle generic data types. In keeping with the spirit of this blog, I have kept the explanation to a minimum and hopefully the code posted below should be self-explanatory. The idea is for readers to get the gist of what I am saying so that they can go off and make up more relevant examples of their own.