/* The following code example is taken from the book * "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference" * by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999 * * (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999. * Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software * is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. * This software is provided "as is" without express or implied * warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. */ #include "algostuff.hpp" using namespace std; bool lessLength (const string& s1, const string& s2) { return s1.length() < s2.length(); } int main() { vector coll1; vector coll2; // fill both collections with the same elements coll1.push_back ("1xxx"); coll1.push_back ("2x"); coll1.push_back ("3x"); coll1.push_back ("4x"); coll1.push_back ("5xx"); coll1.push_back ("6xxxx"); coll1.push_back ("7xx"); coll1.push_back ("8xxx"); coll1.push_back ("9xx"); coll1.push_back ("10xxx"); coll1.push_back ("11"); coll1.push_back ("12"); coll1.push_back ("13"); coll1.push_back ("14xx"); coll1.push_back ("15"); coll1.push_back ("16"); coll1.push_back ("17"); coll2 = coll1; PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"on entry:\n "); // sort (according to the length of the strings) sort (coll1.begin(), coll1.end(), // range lessLength); // criterion stable_sort (coll2.begin(), coll2.end(), // range lessLength); // criterion PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"\nwith sort():\n "); PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll2,"\nwith stable_sort():\n "); }