std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>::swap

 

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void swap( basic_string& other );		(until C++17)
void swap( basic_string& other )noexcept(/* see below */);		(since C++17) (constexpr since C++20)

Exchanges the contents of the string with those of other. All iterators and references may be invalidated.

If std::allocator_traits<allocator_type>::propagate_on_container_swap::value is true, then the allocators are exchanged using an unqualified call to non-member swap. Otherwise, they are not swapped (and if get_allocator()!= other.get_allocator(), the behavior is undefined).

(since C++11)

Parameters

other

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string to exchange the contents with

Complexity

Constant.

Exceptions

No exception is thrown.	(until C++11)
No exception is thrown, unless the behavior is undefined. If an exception is thrown for any reason, this function has no effect (strong exception safety guarantee).	(since C++11)

noexcept specification:   noexcept(std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::propagate_on_container_swap::value||          std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::is_always_equal::value)

(since C++17)

Example

Run this code

#include <iostream>#include <string>   int main(){std::string a ="AAA";std::string b ="BBBB";   std::cout<<"Before swap:\n""a = "<< a <<"\n""b = "<< b <<"\n\n";   a.swap(b);   std::cout<<"After swap:\n""a = "<< a <<"\n""b = "<< b <<'\n';}

Output:

Before swap: a = AAA b = BBBB   After swap: a = BBBB b = AAA

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 403	C++98	swap() might throw an exception	no exception is thrown
LWG 535	C++98	swapping strings did not preserve the character orders	orders are also preserved
LWG 2151 (P1148R0)	C++11	no exception was thrown in the case of unequal non-propagating allocators	the behavior is undefined in this case

See also

swap	swaps the values of two objects (function template)
swap_ranges	swaps two ranges of elements (function template)
swap	swaps the contents (public member function of std::basic_string_view<CharT,Traits>)