algorithms

This book is excellent, I also own the C and Java versions and I love them all. For a long time I knew the basics of programmin, I knew Basic, VB, C, C++ and Java, but I really couldn't get anything advanced done, I simply got stuck and didn't know what to do and how.

This book changed it all. But make sure you are ready for this. Some have said that this is for academics only or that it is too difficult. You MUST know the basics first! Someone complained that the code is uncommented, Geez... The code fragments are quite short and very basic C++. If you don't know how to handle structs, templates, pointers and variable operations, then don't complain that this book is too difficult. You just haven't got the basics yet.

When you know the basics but need to know how to store data into the memory for the optimal use (instead of relying on arrays for everything), you must read a book on Data Structures and this book is among the best. Yes, it makes you work, yes you have to read carefully through the examples, but that is the nature of these things. You are no longer a beginner in first grade.

It is good to know some math, but if you don't need to learn the analysis (mostly for academic use) then you can skip the analysis stuff. Just learn to implement the structures and algorithms, the text will tell you which are the best ones.

As a C.S. major, I had to buy this book for my class. The author uses concise vocabulary and explanations, and gets straight 2 the point. The best part of this book are the ref. that are at the end of each chapter. To understand and appreciate the richness of this book, you have to have an understanding 'bout the topic of data structure (preferably in C++). The author does a very good explanation about the topic of graphs, the logic used is simple by following his examples and explanation. The only reason I rate the book 4 stars rather than 5 is the # of examples are limited and there are no solutions for the problems.
Overall, I would recommend this book to any CS student that wants to go one step further in the Data Structure analysis.

This book is impossible to learn from unless you know c++ like the person who wrote the language. I am using this book for my data structures class I'm in right now and it is useless. Our teacher is constantly finding things that are against normal convention. The code is very incomplete. Don't worry though, cause if you don't know c++ very very very well, you'll never even realize it. I compare his homework problems to teaching someone how to paint a bird house and then asking him how to build a skyscrapper. You should definetly avoid this book at all costs.