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The partition algorithm arranges elements in the range [first, last) such that

The partition algorithm arranges elements in the range [first, last) such that


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Header
<algorithm>

template<class BidirectionalIterator, class Predicate> inline
BidirectionalIterator partition(BidirectionalIterator first, BidirectionalIterator last, Predicate predicate)

The partition algorithm arranges elements in the range [first, last) such that the elements for which predicate returns true are before the elements for which predicate returns false. The algorithm returns an iterator positioned at the first element for which predicate returns false.


Sample

// disable warning C4786: symbol greater than 255 character,
// okay to ignore
#pragma warning(disable: 4786)

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>

using namespace std;


void main()
{
    const int VECTOR_SIZE = 8 ;

    // Define a template class vector of integers
    typedef vector<int > IntVector ;

    //Define an iterator for template class vector of integer
    typedef IntVector::iterator IntVectorIt ;

    IntVector Numbers(VECTOR_SIZE) ;   //vector containing numbers

    IntVectorIt start, end, it ;

    start = Numbers.begin() ;   // location of first
                                // element of Numbers

    end = Numbers.end() ;       // one past the location
                                // last element of Numbers

    //Initialize vector Numbers
    Numbers[0] = 6 ;
    Numbers[1] = 20 ;
    Numbers[2] = 10 ;
    Numbers[3] = 15 ;
    Numbers[4] = 12 ;
    Numbers[5] = 7 ;
    Numbers[6] = 9 ;
    Numbers[7] = 10 ;

    cout << "Before calling partition" << endl ;

    // print content of Numbers
    cout << "Numbers { " ;
    for(it = start; it != end; it++)
        cout << *it << " " ;
    cout << " }\n" << endl ;

    // partition the sequence such that all the elements
    // less than 11 appear before all the elements greater than 11
    it =  partition(start, end, bind2nd(less<int>(), 11)) ;

    cout << "After calling partition" << endl ;

    // print content of Numbers
    cout << "Numbers { " ;
    for(it = start; it != end; it++)
        cout << *it << " " ;
    cout << " }\n" << endl ;

}

Program Output

Before calling partition
Numbers { 6 20 10 15 12 7 9 10  }

After calling partition
Numbers { 6 10 10 9 7 12 15 20  }