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sort

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<algorithm> Members

Arranges the elements in a specified range into a nondescending order or according to an ordering criterion specified by a binary predicate.

template<class RandomAccessIterator>
   void sort(
      RandomAccessIterator _First, 
      RandomAccessIterator _Last
   );
template<class RandomAccessIterator, class Pr>
   void sort(
      RandomAccessIterator _First, 
      RandomAccessIterator _Last, 
      BinaryPredicate _Comp
   );

Parameters

_First

A random-access iterator addressing the position of the first element in the range to be sorted.

_Last

A random-access iterator addressing the position one past the final element in the range to be sorted.

_Comp

User-defined predicate function object that defines the comparison criterion to be satisfied by successive elements in the ordering. A binary predicate takes two arguments and returns true when satisfied and false when not satisfied.

Remarks

The range referenced must be valid; all pointers must be dereferenceable and within the sequence the last position is reachable from the first by incrementation.

Elements are equivalent, but not necessarily equal, if neither is less than the other. The sort algorithm is not stable and so does not guarantee that the relative ordering of equivalent elements will be preserved. The algorithm stable_sort does preserve this original ordering.

The average of a sort complexity is O(N log N), where N = _Last – _First.

Example

// alg_sort.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>      // For greater<int>( )
#include <iostream>

// Return whether first element is greater than the second
bool UDgreater ( int elem1, int elem2 )
{
   return elem1 > elem2;
}

int main( )
{
   using namespace std;
   vector <int> v1;
   vector <int>::iterator Iter1;

   int i;
   for ( i = 0 ; i <= 5 ; i++ )
   {
      v1.push_back( 2 * i );
   }

   int ii;
   for ( ii = 0 ; ii <= 5 ; ii++ )
   {
      v1.push_back( 2 * ii + 1 );
   }

   cout << "Original vector v1 = ( " ;
   for ( Iter1 = v1.begin( ) ; Iter1 != v1.end( ) ; Iter1++ )
      cout << *Iter1 << " ";
   cout << ")" << endl;

   sort( v1.begin( ), v1.end( ) );
   cout << "Sorted vector v1 = ( " ;
   for ( Iter1 = v1.begin( ) ; Iter1 != v1.end( ) ; Iter1++ )
      cout << *Iter1 << " ";
   cout << ")" << endl;

   // To sort in descending order. specify binary predicate
   sort( v1.begin( ), v1.end( ), greater<int>( ) );
   cout << "Resorted (greater) vector v1 = ( " ;
   for ( Iter1 = v1.begin( ) ; Iter1 != v1.end( ) ; Iter1++ )
      cout << *Iter1 << " ";
   cout << ")" << endl;

   // A user-defined (UD) binary predicate can also be used
   sort( v1.begin( ), v1.end( ), UDgreater );
   cout << "Resorted (UDgreater) vector v1 = ( " ;
   for ( Iter1 = v1.begin( ) ; Iter1 != v1.end( ) ; Iter1++ )
      cout << *Iter1 << " ";
   cout << ")" << endl;
}

Output

Original vector v1 = ( 0 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 11 )
Sorted vector v1 = ( 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 )
Resorted (greater) vector v1 = ( 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 )
Resorted (UDgreater) vector v1 = ( 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 )

 

list::sort

See Also

list Class | list Members

Arranges the elements of a list in ascending order or with respect to some other user-specified order relation.

void sort( );
template<class Traits> 
   void sort(
      Traits _Comp
   );

Parameter

_Comp

The comparison operator used to order successive elements.

Remarks

The first member function puts the elements in ascending order by default.

The member template function orders the elements according to the user-specified comparison operation _Comp of class Traits.

Example

// list_sort.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <list>
#include <iostream>

int main( )
{
   using namespace std;
   list <int> c1;
   list <int>::iterator c1_Iter;
   
   c1.push_back( 20 );
   c1.push_back( 10 );
   c1.push_back( 30 );

   cout << "Before sorting: c1 =";
   for ( c1_Iter = c1.begin( ); c1_Iter != c1.end( ); c1_Iter++ )
      cout << " " << *c1_Iter;
   cout << endl;

   c1.sort( );
   cout << "After sorting c1 =";
   for ( c1_Iter = c1.begin( ); c1_Iter != c1.end( ); c1_Iter++ )
      cout << " " << *c1_Iter;
   cout << endl;

   c1.sort( greater<int>( ) );
   cout << "After sorting with 'greater than' operation, c1 =";
   for ( c1_Iter = c1.begin( ); c1_Iter != c1.end( ); c1_Iter++ )
      cout << " " << *c1_Iter;
   cout << endl;
}

Output

Before sorting: c1 = 20 10 30
After sorting c1 = 10 20 30
After sorting with 'greater than' operation, c1 = 30 20 10