The following code example is taken from the book
The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
© Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999
#include "algostuff.hpp"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
vector<int> coll1;
list<int> coll2;
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll1,1,9);
/* copy elements of coll1 into coll2
* - use back inserter to insert instead of overwrite
*/
copy (coll1.begin(), coll1.end(), // source range
back_inserter(coll2)); // destination range
/* print elements of coll2
* - copy elements to cout using an ostream iterator
*/
copy (coll2.begin(), coll2.end(), // source range
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," ")); // destination range
cout << endl;
/* copy elements of coll1 into coll2 in reverse order
* - now overwriting
*/
copy (coll1.rbegin(), coll1.rend(), // source range
coll2.begin()); // destination range
// print elements of coll2 again
copy (coll2.begin(), coll2.end(), // source range
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," ")); // destination range
cout << endl;
}