std::swap

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Defined in header <algorithm> Defined in header <utility>		(until C++11) (since C++11)
template< class T > void swap( T& a, T& b );	(1)
template< class T, size_t N > void swap( T (&a)[N], T (&b)[N]);	(2)	(since C++11)

Exchanges the given values.

1) Swaps the values a and b.

2) Swaps the arrays a and b. In effect calls std::swap_ranges(a, a+N, b).

Contents 1 Parameters 2 Return value 3 Exceptions 4 Complexity 5 Specializations 6 Example 7 See also

[edit] Parameters

a, b

-

the values to be swapped

[edit] Return value

(none)

[edit] Exceptions

1) noexcept specification:  (since C++11)

2) noexcept specification:  (since C++11)

[edit] Complexity

Constant

[edit] Specializations

Custom specializations of the std::swap algorithm are allowed. The following specializations are already provided by the standard library:

std::swap(std::pair) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::tuple) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::shared_ptr) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::weak_ptr) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::unique_ptr) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::function) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_string)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::array)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::deque)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::forward_list)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::list)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::vector)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::map)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::multimap)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::set)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::multiset)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::unordered_map)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::unordered_multimap)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::unordered_set)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::unordered_multiset)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::queue)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::priority_queue)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::stack)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::valarray) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_stringbuf) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_istringstream) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_ostringstream) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_stringstream) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_filebuf) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_ifstream) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_ofstream) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_fstream) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::basic_regex) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::match_results) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::thread) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::unique_lock) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::promise) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)
std::swap(std::packaged_task) (C++11)	specializes the std::swap() algorithm (function template)

[edit] Example

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[edit] See also

iter_swap	swaps the elements pointed to by two iterators (function template)
swap_ranges	swaps two ranges of elements (function template)