[containers.general]

# 23 Containers library [[containers]](./#containers)

## 23.1 General [containers.general]

[1](#1)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/containers.tex#L6)

This Clause describes components that C++ programs may use to
organize collections of information[.](#1.sentence-1)

[2](#2)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/containers.tex#L10)

The following subclauses describe
container requirements,
and components for
sequence containers and
associative containers,
as summarized in
Table [74](#tab:containers.summary "Table 74: Containers library summary")[.](#2.sentence-1)

Table [74](#tab:containers.summary) — Containers library summary [[tab:containers.summary]](./tab:containers.summary)  

| [ð](#tab:containers.summary-row-1) | **Subclause** | **Header** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [ð](#tab:containers.summary-row-2)<br>[[container.requirements]](container.requirements "23.2 Requirements") | Requirements |  |
| [ð](#tab:containers.summary-row-3)<br>[[sequences]](sequences "23.3 Sequence containers") | Sequence containers | <array>, <deque>, <forward_list>,  <hive>, |
| [ð](#tab:containers.summary-row-4) |  | <inplace_vector>, <list>, <vector> |
| [ð](#tab:containers.summary-row-5)<br>[[associative]](associative "23.4 Associative containers") | Associative containers | <map>, <set> |
| [ð](#tab:containers.summary-row-6)<br>[[unord]](unord "23.5 Unordered associative containers") | Unordered associative containers | <unordered_map>, <unordered_set> |
| [ð](#tab:containers.summary-row-7)<br>[[container.adaptors]](container.adaptors "23.6 Container adaptors") | Container adaptors | <queue>, <stack>, <flat_map>, <flat_set> |
| [ð](#tab:containers.summary-row-8)<br>[[views]](views "23.7 Views") | Views | <span>, <mdspan> |
