swap

The first override exchanges the values of two objects. The second override exchanges the values between two arrays of objects.

template<class Type>
   void swap(
      Type& _Left, 
      Type& _Right
   );
template<class Type, size_t N>
   void swap(
      Type (&_Left)[N],
      Type (&_Right)[N]
   );

Parameters

  • _Left
    For the first override, the first object to have its contents exchanged. For the second override, the first array of objects to have its contents exchanged.

  • _Right
    For the first override, the second object to have its contents exchanged. For the second override, the second array of objects to have its contents exchanged.

Remarks

The first overload is designed to operate on individual objects. The second overload swaps the contents of objects between two arrays.

Example

// alg_swap.cpp
// compile with: /EHsc
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>

int main( ) 
{
   using namespace std;
   vector <int> v1, v2;
   vector <int>::iterator Iter1, Iter2, result;

   for ( int i = 0 ; i <= 10 ; i++ )
   {
      v1.push_back( i );
   }

   for ( int ii = 0 ; ii <= 4 ; ii++ )
   {
      v2.push_back( 5 );
   }

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

   cout << "Vector v2 is ( " ;
   for ( Iter2 = v2.begin( ) ; Iter2 != v2.end( ) ; Iter2++ )
      cout << *Iter2 << " ";
   cout << ")." << endl;

   swap( v1, v2 );

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

   cout << "Vector v2 is ( " ;
   for ( Iter2 = v2.begin( ) ; Iter2 != v2.end( ) ; Iter2++ )
      cout << *Iter2 << " ";
   cout << ")." << endl;
}
Vector v1 is ( 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ).
Vector v2 is ( 5 5 5 5 5 ).
Vector v1 is ( 5 5 5 5 5 ).
Vector v2 is ( 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ).

Requirements

Header: <algorithm>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

Standard Template Library

Other Resources

<algorithm> Members