27 Algorithms library [algorithms]

27.1 General [algorithms.general]

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This Clause describes components that C++ programs may use to perform algorithmic operations on containers ([containers]) and other sequences.
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The following subclauses describe components for non-modifying sequence operations, mutating sequence operations, sorting and related operations, and algorithms from the ISO C library, as summarized in Table 93.
Table 93: Algorithms library summary [tab:algorithms.summary]
Subclause
Header
Algorithms requirements
Parallel algorithms
Algorithm result types
<algorithm>
Non-modifying sequence operations
Mutating sequence operations
Sorting and related operations
Generalized numeric operations
<numeric>
Specialized <memory> algorithms
<memory>
C library algorithms
<cstdlib>