The following code example is taken from the book
Object-Oriented Programming in C++
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Wiley, 2002
© Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002
#include <iostream>
// output elements of an STL container
template <typename T>
void printcoll(const T& coll)
{
// output number of elements
std::cout << "number of elements: " << coll.size() << std::endl;
// output element itself
std::cout << "elements: ";
typename T::const_iterator pos;
for (pos=coll.begin(); pos!=coll.end(); ++pos) {
std::cout << *pos << ' ';
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}