stl priority queue based on lower value first

Question

I have a problem with stl priority queue.I want to have the priority queue in the increasing order,which is decreasing by default.Is there any way to do this in priority queue.

And what is the complexity of building stl priority queue.If i use quick sort in an array which takes O(nlgn) is its complexity is similar to using priority queue???

Plz someone ans.Advanced thanx.

Answer 1

1. priority_queue has template parameters that specify the container type and the comparison to use for ordering. By default, the comparison is less<T>; to get the opposite ordering, use priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>.

2. Insertion into a priority queue takes logarithmic time, so building a queue of N items has complexity O(N logN), the same as building and sorting a vector. But once it's built, insertion into the priority queue is still logarithmic, while insertion into a sorted vector is linear.