{"id":8360,"date":"2024-03-14T07:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-swap-two-numbers-using-the-swap-function-in-c-language\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T03:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:49:33","slug":"how-do-you-swap-two-numbers-using-the-swap-function-in-c-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-swap-two-numbers-using-the-swap-function-in-c-language\/","title":{"rendered":"C Swap Function: Swapping Two Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, you can swap the values of two numbers by customizing a swap function, which is typically named &#8220;swap&#8221;. Below is an example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u5b9a\u4e49\u4ea4\u6362\u51fd\u6570<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">swap<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> *a, <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> *b)<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> temp = *a;\r\n    *a = *b;\r\n    *b = temp;\r\n}\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> num1 = <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>;\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> num2 = <span class=\"hljs-number\">20<\/span>;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u4ea4\u6362\u524d\uff1anum1 = %d, num2 = %d\\n\"<\/span>, num1, num2);\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u8c03\u7528\u4ea4\u6362\u51fd\u6570<\/span>\r\n    swap(&amp;num1, &amp;num2);\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u4ea4\u6362\u540e\uff1anum1 = %d, num2 = %d\\n\"<\/span>, num1, num2);\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the code above, swapping two numbers can be achieved by calling the swap function and passing in the addresses of the two variables. 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