C++ Tutorial/STL Introduction/array sort

Sort all element in an array

<source lang="cpp">/* The following code example is taken from the book

* "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference"
* by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
*
* (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999.
* Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
* is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
* This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
* warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
*/

1. include <iostream>
2. include <algorithm>
3. include <functional>
4. include <iterator>

using namespace std; int main() {

   int coll[] = { 5, 6, 2, 4, 1, 3 };
   // sort beginning with the second element
   sort (coll, coll+6);
   // print all elements
   copy (coll, coll+6,
         ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "));
   cout << endl;

}</source>

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Sort part of the elements in an array

<source lang="cpp">/* The following code example is taken from the book

* "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference"
* by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
*
* (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999.
* Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
* is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
* This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
* warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
*/

1. include <iostream>
2. include <algorithm>
3. include <functional>
4. include <iterator>

using namespace std; int main() {

   int coll[] = { 5, 6, 2, 4, 1, 3 };
   // sort beginning with the second element
   sort (coll+3, coll+6);
   // print all elements
   copy (coll, coll+6,ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "));
   cout << endl;

}</source>

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