The following code example is taken from the book
The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference, 2nd Edition
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison Wesley Longman, 2012
Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc. and Nicolai M. Josuttis
#include <cstdlib>
#include "algostuff.hpp"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
list<int> coll;
// insert five random numbers
generate_n (back_inserter(coll), // beginning of destination range
5, // count
rand); // new value generator
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll);
// overwrite with five new random numbers
generate (coll.begin(), coll.end(), // destination range
rand); // new value generator
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll);
}