How to use std::sort to sort an array in C++

How to use standard template library std::sort() to sort an array declared as int v[2000];

Does C++ provide some function that can get the begin and end index of an array?

In C++0x/11 we get std::begin and std::end which are overloaded for arrays:

#include <algorithm>

int main(){
  int v[2000];
  std::sort(std::begin(v), std::end(v));
}

If you don't have access to C++0x, it isn't hard to write them yourself:

// for container with nested typedefs, non-const version
template<class Cont>
typename Cont::iterator begin(Cont& c){
  return c.begin();
}

template<class Cont>
typename Cont::iterator end(Cont& c){
  return c.end();
}

// const version
template<class Cont>
typename Cont::const_iterator begin(Cont const& c){
  return c.begin();
}

template<class Cont>
typename Cont::const_iterator end(Cont const& c){
  return c.end();
}

// overloads for C style arrays
template<class T, std::size_t N>
T* begin(T (&arr)[N]){
  return &arr[0];
}

template<class T, std::size_t N>
T* end(T (&arr)[N]){
  return arr + N;
}

#include <algorithm>
static const size_t v_size = 2000;
int v[v_size];
// Fill the array by values
std::sort(v,v+v_size); 

In C++11:

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
std::array<int, 2000> v;
// Fill the array by values
std::sort(v.begin(),v.end()); 

If you don't know the size, you can use:

std::sort(v, v + sizeof v / sizeof v[0]);

Even if you do know the size, it's a good idea to code it this way as it will reduce the possibility of a bug if the array size is changed later.

You can sort it std::sort(v, v + 2000)

//It is working
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
void main()
{
    int a[5];
    int temp=0;
    cout<<"Enter Values"<<endl;
    for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
        cin>>a[i];
    }
    for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
        for(int j=0;j<5;j++)
        {
            if(a[i]>a[j])
            {
                temp=a[i];
                a[i]=a[j];
                a[j]=temp;
            }
        }
    }
    cout<<"Asending Series"<<endl;
    for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
        cout<<endl;
        cout<<a[i]<<endl;
    }


    for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
        for(int j=0;j<5;j++)
        {
            if(a[i]<a[j])
            {
                temp=a[i];
                a[i]=a[j];
                a[j]=temp;
            }
        }
    }
    cout<<"Desnding Series"<<endl;
    for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
    {
        cout<<endl;
        cout<<a[i]<<endl;
    }


}