Someone brought this article to my attention that claims (I’m paraphrasing) the STL term is misused to refer to the entire C++ Standard Library instead of the parts that were taken from SGI STL. (…) it refers to the “STL”, despite the fact that very few people still use the STL (which was designed at … Read more
I have to format std::string with sprintf and send it into file stream. How can I do this? 42 s 42
This question’s answers are a community effort. Edit existing answers to improve this post. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. What are the iterator invalidation rules for C++ containers? (Note: This Q&A is an entry in Stack Overflow’s C++ FAQ. Meta-discussion about the question itself should be posted on the Meta question … Read more
I want to convert a std::string to lowercase. I am aware of the function tolower(). However, in the past I have had issues with this function and it is hardly ideal anyway as using it with a std::string would require iterating over each character. Is there an alternative which works 100% of the time? 27 … Read more
