C++ Data Structures in the STL by Coursera

This project will allow you to read weather data from a file, and then populate a C++ vector with that data. For year-by-year access, the data is uniquified in an STL data structure. C++'s STL (standard template library) contains data structures and containers that are optimized for efficiency. These containers are used to store and retrieve data from various formats. An array can be replaced by a list, such as a vector. This allows data to be stored in a format that is not predictable. A List can be used in place of an array to store data where the size cannot be determined beforehand. However, elements can be added or removed from it more quickly since there is no need for shifting. Maps are used to quickly search for a value that is based on key information rather than a numerical index. For example, a Map can be used to find a number with a key that contains a person's first name. You can remove duplicates from a list by simply assigning the data to a Set.