C++ std::sort

std::sort is a function in the C++ standard library that is used to sort a range of elements in a container in ascending order. It takes two iterators as arguments, representing the beginning and end of the range to be sorted, and uses a comparison function to determine the order of the elements.

The syntax for std::sort is as follows:

template<class RandomAccessIterator>
void sort(RandomAccessIterator first, RandomAccessIterator last);

template<class RandomAccessIterator, class Compare>
void sort(RandomAccessIterator first, RandomAccessIterator last, Compare comp);

The first version of std::sort sorts the elements in the range [first, last) in ascending order using the default comparison operator. The second version of std::sort allows the user to provide a custom comparison function to determine the order of the elements.

std::sort uses the introsort algorithm, which is a combination of quicksort, heapsort, and insertion sort. It has an average case time complexity of O(n log n), where n is the number of elements in the range to be sorted.

Example usage:

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>

int main() {
    std::vector<int> v {3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5};

    std::sort(v.begin(), v.end());

    for (auto i : v) {
        std::cout << i << " ";
    }
    // Output: 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 9
}