stl - General use cases for C++ containers

Question

What are the general use cases for the C++ standard library containers?

• bitset
• deque
• list
• map
• multimap
• multiset
• priority_queue
• queue
• set
• stack
• vector

For example, a map is generally better for a paired search.

Answer 1

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