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: ");
// square each element
transform (coll1.begin(), coll1.end(), // first source range
coll1.begin(), // second source range
coll1.begin(), // destination range
multiplies<int>()); // operation
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"squared: ");
/* add each element traversed forward with each element traversed backward
* and insert result into coll2
*/
transform (coll1.begin(), coll1.end(), // first source range
coll1.rbegin(), // second source range
back_inserter(coll2), // destination range
plus<int>()); // operation
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll2,"coll2: ");
// print differences of two corresponding elements
cout << "diff: ";
transform (coll1.begin(), coll1.end(), // first source range
coll2.begin(), // second source range
ostream_iterator<int>(cout, " "), // destination range
minus<int>()); // operation
cout << endl;
}