std:: is_sorted

Checks if the elements in range [ first , last ) are sorted in non-descending order.

Parameters

Return value

true if the elements in the range are sorted in non-descending order, false otherwise.

Complexity

Given \(\scriptsize N\) N as std:: distance ( first, last ) :

Exceptions

The overloads with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy report errors as follows:

• If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and ExecutionPolicy is one of the standard policies , std::terminate is called. For any other ExecutionPolicy , the behavior is implementation-defined.
• If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

Possible implementation

See also the implementations in libstdc++ and libc++ .

template<class ForwardIt>
bool is_sorted(ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last)
{
    return std::is_sorted_until(first, last) == last;
}

template<class ForwardIt, class Compare>
bool is_sorted(ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last, Compare comp)
{
    return std::is_sorted_until(first, last, comp) == last;
}

Notes

std::is_sorted returns true for empty ranges and ranges of length one.

Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <cassert>
#include <functional>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>
 
int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v;
    assert(std::is_sorted(v.cbegin(), v.cend()) && "an empty range is always sorted");
    v.push_back(42);
    assert(std::is_sorted(v.cbegin(), v.cend()) && "a range of size 1 is always sorted");
 
    int data[] = {3, 1, 4, 1, 5};
    assert(not std::is_sorted(std::begin(data), std::end(data)));
 
    std::sort(std::begin(data), std::end(data));
    assert(std::is_sorted(std::begin(data), std::end(data)));
    assert(not std::is_sorted(std::begin(data), std::end(data), std::greater<>{}));
}

See also