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);
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"coll1: ");
// negate all elements in coll1
transform (coll1.begin(), coll1.end(), // source range
coll1.begin(), // destination range
negate<int>()); // operation
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"negated: ");
// transform elements of coll1 into coll2 with ten times their value
transform (coll1.begin(), coll1.end(), // source range
back_inserter(coll2), // destination range
bind2nd(multiplies<int>(),10)); // operation
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll2,"coll2: ");
// print coll2 negatively and in reverse order
transform (coll2.rbegin(), coll2.rend(), // source range
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "), // destination range
negate<int>()); // operation
cout << endl;
}