Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition 3rd Edition

I have this book and Sedgewick's Part 5 on graphs. Both are terrific. But of course you'd expect that.Roughgarden's algorithm books are also excellent. A nice complement.

The absolute best Algorithm book.I've completed Robert Sedgewick's course on Coursera, which was based on Java, and now that I've switched to C++ I decided to try the same author and, for the most part, same course, but in C++, which should also help me improve my C++ skills. I'd say - it was a good decision.

This is an excellent, excellent book. If you are able to work through this book, as well as part 5, and do all the exercises and understand 95% of what is being said you will be an excellent programmer. The exercises in this book are truly sublime and make heavy allusions to very difficult math theory, which you can either chase down the rabbit hole or ignore at your leisure (I found myself doing the former more often than was productive). While the algorithm exercises can take you to some pretty advanced mathematical theory if you so choose it is by no means necessary to completing the exercises. I'd say you don't need much math beyond Calculus to truly get a lot from this book.I'm dinging one star off the book because it matters not at all that this book is C++. Lip-service is paid to ADTs, but not much else. This is really, probably, just the C code made into C++. I did all of the exercises in C and didn't lose anything by doing so (that's how little the C++ matters in this book). If you're going to go though this book, just get the C book instead. Learning how to think with pointers (which are in this book anyways) and managing memory, while making efficient algorithms WILL make you a better programmer. Just get the C book, though certainly you won't lose much by getting this version.

I've read some mean comments on this book. After reading it I have to say one thing, they are all true. There are errors in the examples. I bought this book because I wanted the algorithms theory, not because I wanted the code. I am more interested in creating the code from the theory than knowing the recipe.

Book is okay but could break down some of the algorithms a little better so that it is easier to understand. I picked up the material fairly easily but other class mates struggled and I can understand why.

This book was a used book. It was like brand new. The content of this book is awesome. Great value.

I have the printed version also and I would give the content of the book 5 stars.However, the kindle version is a poor implementation. Absolutely zero work has been put into adapting it for a tablet.Many images are too large and fit awkwardly on the split page view, which gets me to another issue of the Kindle application on Android : the default landscape orientation and two pages per screen is absolutely stupid. It might work for Snow White, Twilight Saga and the like, but not for complicated, technical books. There is simply too few information in one screen and, if this isn't bad enough, the very lazy practice of just dumping your publishing digital version of the book into whatever format Kindle uses internally, without any regard to layout issues, image size, placement and quality, makes a for a very poor product overall. I'm sorry, but I can't separate the book from the reader.This was my first kindle book and, after I purchased another to find out in horror that the images are not even scaled, resulting in some pixelated crap that you can barely make out in the context where the pixelated crap are suppose to be somewhat complicated diagrams means I am looking for alternative services.Until Amazon decides to ditch the pocketbook format for their Android app and allow portrait orientation with one page per view, a handy 'go to index' button in the interface, instead of having to wait for the menu bar to show up, click, click, click, again in the context of technical books where you jump back and forth very often, until then I will not purchase another kindle book. Also, have some entry barrier to the presentation/layout quality of digital books you sell. GoF's Design Patterns looks like it was done by a 22 years old intern in his spare time.You cannot ask MORE money on a digital book that has ZERO multiplication, transport, storage, handling costs and have a worse presentation quality than the printed version.

The book was in a great condition, arrived on time and was very reasonably priced.