STL priority queue in increasing order

Question

I need to store numbers in a queue in increasing order.
I used priority queue which stores higher value first, that is in decreasing order.

priority_queue<int>q;

Is it possible to order them increasing ?
What can i do to make the data order to be increasing ?

Answer 1

To store value in increasing order you just need to change the declaration of the priority queue :

priority_queue<int, vector<int>, greater<int> >q;

Answer 2

Just in case, in C++14 you can do:

priority_queue<int, vector<int>, greater<>> q;

You can avoid greater<int>. That is the new way. for more information, see What are transparent comparators?.