Computing › Stl › Algorithms › Modifying ›

swap

Exchanges the values of the elements between two types of objects

View version details

Contents

Definition
Interface
Description
Return Value
Complexity
Page Comments

Key Facts

Gyroscopic Couple: The rate of change of angular momentum ( $\inline \tau$ ) = $\inline I\omega\Omega$ (In the limit).

$\inline I$ = Moment of Inertia.
$\inline \omega$ = Angular velocity
$\inline \Omega$ = Angular velocity of precession.

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher.

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist.

Definition

The swap() algorithm is defined in the standard header <algorithm> and in the nonstandard backward-compatibility header <algo.h>.

Interface

#include <algorithm>
template <class Type>
   void swap(
      Type& left, 
      Type& right
   );

Parameters:

Parameter	Description
left	The first object to have its elements exchanged
right	The second object to have its elements exchanged

Description

Swap assigns the contents of left to right and the contents of right to left.

Return Value

None.

Complexity

Swap algorithm has a constant complexity. It performs one copy construction and two assignments.

Example:

Example - swap algorithm

Problem

This program illustrates the functionality of swap algorithm.

Workings

#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
 
bool greaterthan(int value)
{  return value > 5;
}
 
int main()
{
  vector <int> vec1, vec2;
  vector <int>::iterator Iter1, Iter2, result;
  int i;
  for (i = 10; i<= 20; i++)
    vec1.push_back(i);
  int j;
  for(j = 10; j <= 15; j++)
    vec2.push_back(j);
  cout<<"Vector vec1 data is:\n";
  for(Iter1 = vec1.begin(); Iter1 != vec1.end(); Iter1++)
    cout <<*Iter1<<" ";
  cout <<endl;
  cout <<"\nVector vec2 data is:\n";
  for (Iter2 = vec2.begin(); Iter2 != vec2.end(); Iter2++)
    cout<<*Iter2<<" ";
  cout <<endl;
  swap(vec1, vec2);
  cout <<"\nNow, vector vec1 data is:\n";
  for(Iter1 = vec1.begin(); Iter1 != vec1.end(); Iter1++)
    cout <<*Iter1<<" ";
  cout <<endl;
  cout <<"\nThen, vector vec2 data is:\n";
  for (Iter2 = vec2.begin(); Iter2 != vec2.end(); Iter2++)
    cout <<*Iter2<<" ";
  cout <<endl;
 
  return 0;
}

Solution

Output:

Vector vec1 data is:
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Vector vec2 data is:
10 11 12 13 14 15

Now, vector vec1 data is:
10 11 12 13 14 15

Then, vector vec2 data is:
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

References

http://www.tenouk.com/