std::ranges::reverse

Defined in header `<algorithm>`
Call signature
template< std::bidirectional_iterator I, std::sentinel_for<I> S > requires std::permutable<I> constexpr I reverse( I first, S last );	(1)	(since C++20)
template< ranges::bidirectional_range R > requires std::permutable<ranges::iterator_t<R>> constexpr ranges::borrowed_iterator_t<R> reverse( R&& r );	(2)	(since C++20)

1) Reverses the order of the elements in the range [first, last).

Behaves as if applying ranges::iter_swap to every pair of iterators first + i, last - i - 1 for each integer i, where 0 ≤ i < (last - first) / 2.

2) Same as (1), but uses r as the range, as if using ranges::begin(r) as first and ranges::end(r) as last.

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

first, last	-	the range of elements to reverse
r	-	the range of elements to reverse

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

Run this code

#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';
}

Output:

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

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External libraries

ranges::reverse_copy (C++20)	creates a copy of a range that is reversed (niebloid)
ranges::reverse_viewviews::reverse (C++20)	a `view` that iterates over the elements of another bidirectional view in reverse order (class template) (range adaptor object)
reverse	reverses the order of elements in a range (function template)