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How to use std::sort to sort an array in C++
In programming language, sorting is a basic function which is applied to data to arrange these data is ascending or descending data. In C++ program, there is a function std::sort() for sorting the array.
sort(start address, end address)
Here,
Start address => The first address of the element. Last address => The address of the next contiguous location of the last element of the array.
Example Code
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
void display(int a[]) {
for(int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
cout << a[i] << " ";
}
int main() {
int a[5]= {4, 2, 7, 9, 6};
cout << "\n The array before sorting is : ";
display(a);
sort(a, a+5);
cout << "\n\n The array after sorting is : ";
display(a);
return 0;
}Output
The array before sorting is : 4 2 7 9 6 The array after sorting is : 2 4 6 7 9
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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