The reverse function reverses the contents of a container, contained in < algorithm> In the library.
1. Function prototype
The reverse function is equivalent to the following code:
1. Function prototype
The reverse function is equivalent to the following code:
template <class BidirectionalIterator> void reverse (BidirectionalIterator first, BidirectionalIterator last)
{
while ((first!=last)&&(first!=--last))
{
std::iter_swap (first,last);
++first;
}
}
The reverse function swaps two elements using iter_swap.
2. Parameters: first and last
First and last are bidirectional iterators, and the scope of reverse function inversion is [first,last], so the elements pointed to by first are included, but the elements pointed to by last are not.
3. Return value
The reverse function returns no value.
Example 4,
// reverse algorithm example
#include <iostream>
// std::cout
#include <algorithm>
// std::reverse
#include <vector>
// std::vector
int main () {
std::vector<int> myvector;
// set some values:
for (int i=1; i<10; ++i) myvector.push_back(i); // 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
std::reverse(myvector.begin(),myvector.end()); // 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
// print out content:
std::cout << "myvector contains:";
for (std::vector<int>::iterator it=myvector.begin(); it!=myvector.end(); ++it)
std::cout << ' ' << *it;
std::cout << '\n';
return 0;
}
Output:
myvector contains: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 |
5. Complexity
Iterate over the first and last elements. So the complexity is linear and the loop is half the length of the array.