Is there a maxheap in the C standard library

Question

I understand that the std::priority queue class implements a minheap.

Is it possible to utilise this as a Max heap?

Or is there another Maxheap structure?

I know I can construct my own Maxheap by using the std::make heap() function on a std::vector with lambda, but utilising functions like std::pop heap() is strange and I don't believe they're simple to use.

I believe there could be a simpler solution, similar to the min heap(priority queue).

Answer 1

Max Heap:

priority_queue<int> maxHeap; // NOTE: default is max heap

Min Heap

priority_queue<int, vector<int> , greater<int>> minHeap;

Headers and namespaces:

#include <vector>
#include <priority_queue>

using namespace std;