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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +Title: '.swap()' |
| 3 | +Description: 'Exchanges the contents of one deque with another of the same type and size.' |
| 4 | +Subjects: |
| 5 | + - 'Code Foundations' |
| 6 | + - 'Computer Science' |
| 7 | +Tags: |
| 8 | + - 'Classes' |
| 9 | + - 'Containers' |
| 10 | + - 'Deques' |
| 11 | + - 'Data Structures' |
| 12 | +CatalogContent: |
| 13 | + - 'learn-c-plus-plus' |
| 14 | + - 'paths/computer-science' |
| 15 | +--- |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +The **`.swap()`** [method](https://www.codecademy.com/resources/docs/cpp/methods) exchanges the contents of one [`deque`](https://www.codecademy.com/resources/docs/cpp/deque) with another deque of the same type. After the swap, each deque holds the elements that were originally in the other. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +## Syntax |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +```pseudo |
| 22 | +deque1.swap(deque2); |
| 23 | +``` |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +**Parameters:** |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +- `deque2`: The deque whose contents will be exchanged with `deque1`. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +**Return value:** |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +This method does not return a value. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +## Example |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +This example demonstrates swapping the contents of two integer deques using `.swap()`: |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +```cpp |
| 38 | +#include <iostream> |
| 39 | +#include <deque> |
| 40 | +using namespace std; |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +int main() { |
| 43 | + deque<int> deque1 = {1, 2, 3}; |
| 44 | + deque<int> deque2 = {10, 20, 30, 40}; |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + cout << "Before swap:" << endl; |
| 47 | + cout << "Deque 1: "; |
| 48 | + for (int num : deque1) cout << num << " "; |
| 49 | + cout << endl; |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + cout << "Deque 2: "; |
| 52 | + for (int num : deque2) cout << num << " "; |
| 53 | + cout << endl; |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | + deque1.swap(deque2); |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | + cout << "\nAfter swap:" << endl; |
| 58 | + cout << "Deque 1: "; |
| 59 | + for (int num : deque1) cout << num << " "; |
| 60 | + cout << endl; |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | + cout << "Deque 2: "; |
| 63 | + for (int num : deque2) cout << num << " "; |
| 64 | + cout << endl; |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + return 0; |
| 67 | +} |
| 68 | +``` |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +The output of this code is: |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +```shell |
| 73 | +Before swap: |
| 74 | +Deque 1: 1 2 3 |
| 75 | +Deque 2: 10 20 30 40 |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +After swap: |
| 78 | +Deque 1: 10 20 30 40 |
| 79 | +Deque 2: 1 2 3 |
| 80 | +``` |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +## Codebyte Example |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +This example swaps the contents of two deques containing strings: |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +```codebyte/cpp |
| 87 | +#include <iostream> |
| 88 | +#include <deque> |
| 89 | +#include <string> |
| 90 | +using namespace std; |
| 91 | +
|
| 92 | +int main() { |
| 93 | + deque<string> dequeA = {"apple", "banana"}; |
| 94 | + deque<string> dequeB = {"cherry", "date"}; |
| 95 | +
|
| 96 | + cout << "Before swap:" << endl; |
| 97 | + cout << "Deque A:"; |
| 98 | + for (const auto& value : dequeA) cout << ' ' << value; |
| 99 | + cout << "\nDeque B:"; |
| 100 | + for (const auto& value : dequeB) cout << ' ' << value; |
| 101 | +
|
| 102 | + dequeA.swap(dequeB); |
| 103 | +
|
| 104 | + cout << "\n\nAfter swap:" << endl; |
| 105 | + cout << "Deque A:"; |
| 106 | + for (const auto& value : dequeA) cout << ' ' << value; |
| 107 | + cout << "\nDeque B:"; |
| 108 | + for (const auto& value : dequeB) cout << ' ' << value; |
| 109 | +} |
| 110 | +``` |
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