std::ranges::reverse

template< std::bidirectional_iterator I, std::sentinel_for<I> S >
requires std::permutable<I>
constexpr I
    reverse( I first, S last );

template< ranges::bidirectional_range R >
requires std::permutable<ranges::iterator_t<R>>
constexpr ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R>
    reverse( R&& r );

The function-like entities described on this page are niebloids, that is:

• Explicit template argument lists cannot be specified when calling any of them.
• None of them are visible to argument-dependent lookup.
• When any of them are found by normal unqualified lookup as the name to the left of the function-call operator, argument-dependent lookup is inhibited.

In practice, they may be implemented as function objects, or with special compiler extensions.

Parameters

Return value

An iterator equal to last.

Complexity

Exactly (last - first) / 2 swaps.

Notes

Implementations (e.g. MSVC STL) may enable vectorization when the iterator type models contiguous_iterator and swapping its value type calls neither non-trivial special member function nor ADL-found swap.

Possible implementation

See also implementations in libstdc++ and MSVC STL.

struct reverse_fn
{
    template<std::bidirectional_iterator I, std::sentinel_for<I> S>
    requires std::permutable<I>
    constexpr I operator()(I first, S last) const
    {
        auto last2 {ranges::next(first, last)};
        for (auto tail {last2}; !(first == tail or first == --tail); ++first)
            ranges::iter_swap(first, tail);
        return last2;
    }
 
    template<ranges::bidirectional_range R>
    requires std::permutable<ranges::iterator_t<R>>
    constexpr ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R>
        operator()(R&& r) const
    {
        return (*this)(ranges::begin(r), ranges::end(r));
    }
};
 
inline constexpr reverse_fn reverse {};

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
    std::string s {"ABCDEF"};
    std::cout << s << " → ";
    std::ranges::reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
    std::cout << s << " → ";
    std::ranges::reverse(s);
    std::cout << s << " │ ";
 
    std::array a {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    for (auto e : a)
        std::cout << e << ' ';
    std::cout << "→ ";
    std::ranges::reverse(a);
    for (auto e : a)
        std::cout << e << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}

ABCDEF → FEDCBA → ABCDEF │ 1 2 3 4 5 → 5 4 3 2 1

See also