my data in the console is displayed in the wrong sequence

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Why is my data in the console displayed in the wrong sequence?
I have the following code:

#include <iostream>

template <typename T, typename T2>
T2 printArr(const T* array, int i) {
    for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
        std::cout << array[j] << " ";
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
    return array[i - 1];
}

int main() {
    const int iSize = 3;

    int i_arr[iSize] = {23, 45, 78};

    std::cout << "Int array: ";
    std::cout << "Last element: " << printArr<int, int>(i_arr, iSize) << std::endl;
}

What do I get by compiling it:

Int array: 23 45 78 
Last element: 78

What should I get in my opinion:

Int array: Last element: 23 45 78
78

Most likely, I do not understand how the computer that compiles my code thinks.
Here you can see that the result is the same as I described in my question: http://cpp.sh/2lfbcf
And I also try to compile the code in Visual Studio 2019 and the result is identical

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1 Answers

Before C++17, given an expression E1 << E2, it is unspecified whether every value computation and side-effect of E1 is sequenced before every value computation and side effect of E2.

See cppreference note 19

In your code, using a standard before C++17, it is unspecified whether the return value of printArr() is calculated (which as a side-effect, streams to std::cout) before or after std::cout << "Last element: ".

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