C++ Standard Library header files
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< cpp
The interface of C++ standard library is defined by the following collection of header files.
Utilities library | ||
<cstdlib> | General purpose utilities: program control, dynamic memory allocation, random numbers, sort and search | |
<csignal> | Functions and macro constants for signal management | |
<csetjmp> | Macro (and function) that saves (and jumps) to an execution context | |
<cstdarg> | Handling of variable length argument lists | |
<typeinfo> | Runtime type information utilities | |
<typeindex> (since C++11) | std::type_index | |
<type_traits> (since C++11) | Compile-time type information | |
<bitset> | std::bitset class template | |
<functional> | Function objects, designed for use with the standard algorithms | |
<utility> | Various utility components | |
<ctime> | C-style time/date utilites | |
<chrono> (since C++11) | C++ time utilites | |
<cstddef> | typedefs for types such as size_t, NULL and others | |
<initializer_list> (since C++11) | std::initializer_list class template | |
<tuple> (since C++11) | std::tuple class template | |
Dynamic memory management | ||
<new> | Low-level memory management utilities | |
<memory> | Higher level memory management utilities | |
<scoped_allocator> (since C++11) | Nested allocator class | |
Numeric limits | ||
<climits> | limits of integral types | |
<cfloat> | limits of float types | |
<cstdint> | fixed-size types and limits of other types | |
<cinttypes> | formatting macros , intmax_t and uintmax_t math and conversions | |
<limits> | standardized way to query properties of fundamental types | |
Error handling | ||
<exception> | Exception handling utilities | |
<stdexcept> | Standard exception objects | |
<cassert> | Conditionally compiled macro that compares its argument to zero | |
<system_error> | defines std::error_code, a platform-dependent error code | |
<cerrno> | Macro containing the last error number | |
Strings library | ||
<cctype> | functions to determine the type contained in character data | |
<cwctype> | functions for determining the type of wide character data | |
<cstring> | various narrow character string handling functions | |
<cwstring> | various wide character string handling functions | |
<cwchar> | various wide and multibyte string handling functions | |
<cuchar> (since C++11) | C-style Unicode character conversion functions | |
<string> | std::basic_string class template | |
Containers library | ||
<array> (since C++11) | std::array container | |
<vector> | std::vector container | |
<deque> | std::deque container | |
<list> | std::list container | |
<forward_list> (since C++11) | std::forward_list container | |
<set> | std::set and std::multiset associative containers | |
<map> | std::map and std::multimap associative containers | |
<unordered_set> (since C++11) | std::unordered_set and std::unordered_multiset unordered associative containers | |
<unordered_map> (since C++11) | std::unordered_map and std::unordered_multimap unordered associative containers | |
<stack> | std::stack container adaptor | |
<queue> | std::queue and std::priority_queue container adaptors | |
Algorithms library | ||
<algorithm> | Algorithms that operate on containers | |
Iterators library | ||
<iterator> | Container iterators | |
Numerics library | ||
<cmath> | Common mathematics functions | |
<complex> | Complex number type | |
<valarray> | Class for representing and manipulating arrays of values | |
<random> | Random number generators and distributions | |
<numeric> | Numeric operations on values in containers | |
<ratio> (since C++11) | Compile-time rational arithmetic | |
<cfenv> (since C++11) | Floating-point environment access functions | |
Input/output library | ||
<iosfwd> | forward declarations of all classes in the input/output library | |
<ios> | std::ios_base class, std::basic_ios class template and several typedefs | |
<istream> | std::basic_istream class template and several typedefs | |
<ostream> | std::basic_ostream class template and several typedefs | |
<iostream> | std::basic_iostream class template and several typedefs | |
<fstream> | std::basic_fstream, std::basic_ifstream, std::basic_ofstream class templates and several typedefs | |
<sstream> | std::basic_stringstream, std::basic_istringstream, std::basic_ostringstream class templates and several typedefs | |
<strstream> | std::strstream, std::istrstream, std::ostrstream(deprecated) | |
<iomanip> | Helper functions to control the format or input and output | |
<streambuf> | std::basic_streambuf class template | |
<cstdio> | C-style input-output functions | |
Localization library | ||
<locale> | Localization utilities | |
<clocale> | C localization utilities | |
<codecvt> (since C++11) | Unicode conversion facilities | |
Regular Expressions library | ||
<regex> (since C++11) | Classes, algorithms and iterators to support regular expression processing | |
Atomic Operations library | ||
<atomic> (since C++11) | Atomic operations library | |
Thread support library | ||
<thread> (since C++11) | std::thread class and supporting functions | |
<mutex> (since C++11) | mutual exclusion primitives | |
<future> (since C++11) | primitives for asynchronous computations | |
<condition_variable> (since C++11) | thread waiting conditions | |
C compatibility headers | ||
<ciso646> | empty header. The macros that appear in iso646.h in C are keywords in C++ | |
<ccomplex> | simply includes the header <complex> | |
<ctgmath> (since C++11) | simply includes the headers <ccomplex> and <cmath>: the overloads equivalent to the contents of the C header tgmath.h are already provided by <cmath> and <complex> | |
<cstdalign> (since C++11) | defines one compatibility macro constant | |
<cstdbool> (since C++11) | defines one compatibility macro constant | |
Deprecated headers | ||
<assert.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <assert> is placed in global namespace | |
<complex.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <ccomplex> is placed in global namespace | |
<ctype.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cctype> is placed in global namespace | |
<errno.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cerrno> is placed in global namespace | |
<fenv.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cfenv> is placed in global namespace | |
<float.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cfloat> is placed in global namespace | |
<inttypes.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cinttypes> is placed in global namespace | |
<iso646.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <ciso646> is placed in global namespace | |
<limits.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <climits> is placed in global namespace | |
<locale.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <clocale> is placed in global namespace | |
<math.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cmath> is placed in global namespace | |
<setjmp.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <csetjmp> is placed in global namespace | |
<signal.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <csignal> is placed in global namespace | |
<stdalign.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cstdalign> is placed in global namespace | |
<stdarg.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cstdarg> is placed in global namespace | |
<stdbool.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cstdbool> is placed in global namespace | |
<stddef.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cstddef> is placed in global namespace | |
<stdint.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cstdint> is placed in global namespace | |
<stdio.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cstdio> is placed in global namespace | |
<stdlib.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cstdlib> is placed in global namespace | |
<string.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cstring> is placed in global namespace | |
<tgmath.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <ctgmath> is placed in global namespace | |
<time.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <ctime> is placed in global namespace | |
<uchar.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cuchar> is placed in global namespace | |
<wchar.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cwchar> is placed in global namespace | |
<wctype.h> (deprecated) | behaves as if each name from <cwctype> is placed in global namespace |