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 T2, size_t N >
void swap( T2 (&a)[N], T2 (&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

[edit] Parameters

a, b - the values to be swapped
Type requirements
-
T must meet the requirements of MoveAssignable and MoveConstructible.
-
T2 must meet the requirements of Swappable.

[edit] Return value

(none)

[edit] Exceptions

1)
(none) (until C++11)
noexcept specification:  
noexcept(

    std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<T>::value &&
    std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<T>::value

)
(since C++11)
2)
noexcept specification:  
noexcept(noexcept(swap(*a, *b)))

[edit] Complexity

1) Constant
2) Linear in N

[edit] Specializations

std::swap may be specialized in namespace std for user-defined types, but such specializations are not found by ADL (the namespace std is not the associated namespace for the user-defined type). The expected way to make a user-defined type swappable is to provide a non-member function swap in the same namespace as the type: see Swappable for details.

The following overloads are already provided by the standard library:

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[edit] Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
   int a = 5, b = 3;
 
   // before
   std::cout << a << ' ' << b << '\n';
 
   std::swap(a,b);
 
   // after
   std::cout << a << ' ' << b << '\n';
}

Output:

5 3
3 5

[edit] See also

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