Data Structures with STL

by William H. Murray and Chris H. Pappas

*Learn data structures and the C++ Standard Template Library together *Teaches the advanced C++ features you need to know first *Easy techniques based on real code examples *Supercharge C++ code... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130289272
• ISBN13: 9780130289278
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 413 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Saved me a lot of work

I am a 3rd year student taking a data structures course. We are allowed to program in any language we wish, so I chose C++. The professor gave us several projects during the current semester. I chose one on sorting. I was at the book store and saw this book on C++ and STL. There were some way cool examples on regular C++ coding and then the same stuff with STL. I bought the book.When I really got into this, I learned a lot about the STL and included some of this stuff in my projects. I showed my professor the book. He was impressed (not just with the book but because I went out and bought an additional book for the class). Anyway - no one else did anything with the STL. Some dudes wrote C code (yeah - no joke) and one did a Java project (ugh). I got the A.If I ever meet Murray and Pappas I owe them a drink.

Core Stuff

I completed a review of the authors Template book and submitted it earlier. Then I was reminded that I also owned their Data Structure with STL book so I thought I would comment on this book too.The writers said they wanted to write a book that complimented college text books on Data Structures. The twist that that they used (and the reason I bought the book) was the integration of STL into the matter.I think the writers assumed you knew something about data structures and wanted a book with solutions (in STL) for many data structure applications. They accomplished their goal. The book is filled with many neat solutions to standard data structure problems all in STL.Buy the book if you are a student taking a Data Structures course. Buy the book if you just want to understand the STL better.

Useful for what I needed

I was very pleased with this book. I already knew data structures, and I have a very good reference book for STL "The C++ Standard Library, A Tutorial and Reference". I brought this book, because I wanted a bridge between the two areas. For example, common data structures are stacks and queue. The C++ STL book does not cover these topics until chapter 10, where this book covered them at chapter 3. It helped me to understand STL in terms of data structure theory, as opposed to just paraphrasing what exactly is STL. Since I used this book in conjunction with other books, the problems that the other reviewers had with this book I did not see.