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<td> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> RandomIt <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br>
<span class="kw4">void</span> sort<span class="br0">(</span> RandomIt first, RandomIt last <span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></div>
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<td> <div><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw1">template</span><span class="sy1">&lt;</span> <span class="kw1">class</span> RandomIt, <span class="kw1">class</span> Compare <span class="sy1">&gt;</span><br>
<span class="kw4">void</span> sort<span class="br0">(</span> RandomIt first, RandomIt last, Compare comp <span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></div>
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<p>Sorts the elements in the range <code>[first, last)</code> in ascending order. The order of equal elements is not guaranteed to be preserved. The first version uses <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">operator<span class="sy1">&lt;</span></span></span> to compare the elements, the second version uses the given comparison function object <code>comp</code>.
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<td>  first, last
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<td>  the range of elements to sort
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<td>  comparison function object (i.e. an object that satisfies the requirements of <a href="../concept/Compare.html" title="cpp/concept/Compare"><code>Compare</code></a>) which returns ​<span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw2">true</span></span></span> if the first argument is <i>less</i> than (i.e. is ordered <i>before</i>) the second. <br>
<p>The signature of the comparison function should be equivalent to the following:
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<p><span class="t-cc"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"> <span class="kw4">bool</span> cmp<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">const</span> Type1 <span class="sy3">&amp;</span>a, <span class="kw4">const</span> Type2 <span class="sy3">&amp;</span>b<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span></span></span>
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<p>The signature does not need to have <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp"><span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="sy3">&amp;</span></span></span>, but the function object must not modify the objects passed to it.<br>
The types <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">Type1</span></span> and <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">Type2</span></span> must be such that an object of type <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">RandomIt</span></span> can be dereferenced and then implicitly converted to both of them.
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<code>Compare</code> must meet the requirements of <a href="../concept/Compare.html" title="cpp/concept/Compare"><code>Compare</code></a>.
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<p><span class="texhtml" style="white-space: nowrap;">O(N·log(N))</span>, where <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">N <span class="sy1">=</span> <a href="../iterator/distance.html"><span class="kw551">std::<span class="me2">distance</span></span></a><span class="br0">(</span>first, last<span class="br0">)</span></span></span> comparisons on average.
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<p><span class="texhtml" style="white-space: nowrap;">O(N·log(N))</span>, where <span class="t-c"><span class="mw-geshi cpp source-cpp">N <span class="sy1">=</span> <a href="../iterator/distance.html"><span class="kw551">std::<span class="me2">distance</span></span></a><span class="br0">(</span>first, last<span class="br0">)</span></span></span> comparisons.
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<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="cpp source-cpp"><pre class="de1"><span class="co2">#include &lt;algorithm&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;functional&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;array&gt;</span>
<span class="co2">#include &lt;iostream&gt;</span>
 
<span class="kw4">int</span> main<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>
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    <a href="../container/array.html"><span class="kw1065">std::<span class="me2">array</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw4">int</span>, <span class="nu0">10</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span> s <span class="sy1">=</span> <span class="br0">{</span><span class="nu0">5</span>, <span class="nu0">7</span>, <span class="nu0">4</span>, <span class="nu0">2</span>, <span class="nu0">8</span>, <span class="nu0">6</span>, <span class="nu0">1</span>, <span class="nu0">9</span>, <span class="nu0">0</span>, <span class="nu0">3</span><span class="br0">}</span><span class="sy4">;</span> 
 
    <span class="co1">// sort using the default operator&lt;</span>
    std<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">sort</span><span class="br0">(</span>s.<span class="me1">begin</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, s.<span class="me1">end</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="kw1">for</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span> a <span class="sy4">:</span> s<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
        <a href="../io/basic_ostream.html"><span class="kw1439">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> a <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">" "</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="br0">}</span>   
    <a href="../io/basic_ostream.html"><span class="kw1439">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">'<span class="es1">\n</span>'</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
 
    <span class="co1">// sort using a standard library compare function object</span>
    std<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">sort</span><span class="br0">(</span>s.<span class="me1">begin</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, s.<span class="me1">end</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, <a href="../utility/functional/greater.html"><span class="kw877">std::<span class="me2">greater</span></span></a><span class="sy1">&lt;</span><span class="kw4">int</span><span class="sy1">&gt;</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="kw1">for</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span> a <span class="sy4">:</span> s<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
        <a href="../io/basic_ostream.html"><span class="kw1439">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> a <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">" "</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="br0">}</span>   
    <a href="../io/basic_ostream.html"><span class="kw1439">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">'<span class="es1">\n</span>'</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
 
    <span class="co1">// sort using a custom function object</span>
    <span class="kw1">struct</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
        <span class="kw4">bool</span> operator<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span> a, <span class="kw4">int</span> b<span class="br0">)</span>
        <span class="br0">{</span>   
            <span class="kw1">return</span> a <span class="sy1">&lt;</span> b<span class="sy4">;</span>
        <span class="br0">}</span>   
    <span class="br0">}</span> customLess<span class="sy4">;</span>
    std<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">sort</span><span class="br0">(</span>s.<span class="me1">begin</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, s.<span class="me1">end</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, customLess<span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="kw1">for</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span> a <span class="sy4">:</span> s<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
        <a href="../io/basic_ostream.html"><span class="kw1439">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> a <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">" "</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="br0">}</span>   
    <a href="../io/basic_ostream.html"><span class="kw1439">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">'<span class="es1">\n</span>'</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
 
    <span class="co1">// sort using a lambda expression </span>
    std<span class="sy4">::</span><span class="me2">sort</span><span class="br0">(</span>s.<span class="me1">begin</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, s.<span class="me1">end</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span>, <span class="br0">[</span><span class="br0">]</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span> a, <span class="kw4">int</span> b<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
        <span class="kw1">return</span> b <span class="sy1">&lt;</span> a<span class="sy4">;</span>   
    <span class="br0">}</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="kw1">for</span> <span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">int</span> a <span class="sy4">:</span> s<span class="br0">)</span> <span class="br0">{</span>
        <a href="../io/basic_ostream.html"><span class="kw1439">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> a <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">" "</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
    <span class="br0">}</span> 
    <a href="../io/basic_ostream.html"><span class="kw1439">std::<span class="me2">cout</span></span></a> <span class="sy1">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="st0">'<span class="es1">\n</span>'</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="br0">}</span></pre></div></div>
<p>Output:
</p>
<div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi" style="text-align: left;"><div class="text source-text"><pre class="de1">0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0</pre></div></div> 
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<td>  <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="partial_sort.html" title="cpp/algorithm/partial sort"> <span class="t-lines"><span>partial_sort</span></span></a></div></div>
</td>
<td>   sorts the first N elements of a range  <br> <span class="t-mark">(function template)</span> 
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<td>  <div class="t-dsc-member-div"><div><a href="stable_sort.html" title="cpp/algorithm/stable sort"> <span class="t-lines"><span>stable_sort</span></span></a></div></div>
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<td>   sorts a range of elements while preserving order between equal elements  <br> <span class="t-mark">(function template)</span> 
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