C++ std::vector vs array in the real world

Question

I\'m new to C++. I\'m reading "Beginning C++ Through Game Programming" by Michael Dawson. However, I\'m not new to programming in general. I just finished a cha

Answer 1

A std::vector is just a resizable array. It's not much more than that. It's not something you would learn in a Data Structures class, because it isn't an intelligent data structure.

In the real world, I see a lot of arrays. But I also see a lot of legacy codebases that use "C with Classes"-style C++ programming. That doesn't mean that you should program that way.