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 <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
using namespace std;
// include self-defined fopow<>
#include "fopow.hpp"
int main()
{
vector<int> coll;
// insert elements from 1 to 9
for (int i=1; i<=9; ++i) {
coll.push_back(i);
}
// print 3 raised to the power of all elements
transform (coll.begin(), coll.end(), // source
ostream_iterator<float>(cout," "), // destination
bind1st(fopow<float,int>(),3)); // operation
cout << endl;
// print all elements raised to the power of 3
transform (coll.begin(), coll.end(), // source
ostream_iterator<float>(cout," "), // destination
bind2nd(fopow<float,int>(),3)); // operation
cout << endl;
}