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

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.