std::forward_list::sort() in C++ STL

Forward list in STL implements singly linked list. Introduced from C++11, forward list are useful than other containers in insertion, removal and moving operations (like sort) and allows time constant insertion and removal of elements.It differs from list by the fact that forward list keeps track of location of only next element while list keeps track to both next and previous elements.

forward_list::sort()

sort() function is used to sort the elements of the container by changing their positions.
Syntax :

1.    forwardlistname.sort()
    Parameters :
    No parameters are passed.
    Result :
    The elements of the container
    are sorted in ascending order.
2.    forwardlistname.sort(predicate)
    Parameters :
    predicate is used to define your own custom sorting function,
    it will return boolean output
    Result :
    The elements of the container 
    sorted in the order as per predicate function

Examples: 

Input  : myflist{1, 5, 3, 2, 4};
         myflist.sort();
Output : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Input  : myflist{"This","is","Geeksforgeeks"};
         myflist.sort();
Output : Geekforgeeks, This, is

Errors and Exceptions
1. It has a basic no exception throw guarantee. 

CPP

// SORTING INTEGERS
// CPP program to illustrate
// Implementation of sort() function
#include <iostream>
#include <forward_list>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    // forward list declaration of integer type
    forward_list<int> myflist{1, 5, 3, 2, 4};

    // sort function
    myflist.sort();

    // printing the forward list after sort
    for (auto it = myflist.begin(); it != myflist.end(); ++it)
        cout << ' ' << *it;
    return 0;
}

Output: 

1 2 3 4 5

CPP

// SORTING STRINGS
// CPP program to illustrate
// Implementation of sort() function
#include <iostream>
#include <forward_list>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    // forward list declaration of string type
    forward_list<string> myflist{"This","is","Geeksforgeeks"};

    // sort function
    myflist.sort();

    // printing the forward list after sort
    for (auto it = myflist.begin(); it != myflist.end(); ++it)
        cout << ' ' << *it;
    return 0;
}

Output: 

Geeksforgeeks This is

Time Complexity : O(nlogn) 

C++

// SORTING STRINGS USING CUSTOM COMPARATOR FUNCTION
// CPP program to illustrate
// Implementation of sort() function
#include <iostream>
#include <forward_list>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

bool comparator(string a, string b) {
    return a.length() <= b.length();
}

int main()
{
    // forward list declaration of string type
    forward_list<string> myflist{"This","is","Geeksforgeeks"};

    // sort function
    myflist.sort(comparator);

    // printing the forward list after sort
    for (auto it = myflist.begin(); it != myflist.end(); ++it)
        cout << ' ' << *it;
    return 0;
}

Output :

is This Geeksforgeeks

Time Complexity – O(nlog(n))