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 "algostuff.hpp"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
deque<int> coll1;
vector<int> coll6(6); // initialize with 6 elements
vector<int> coll30(30); // initialize with 30 elements
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll1,3,7);
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll1,2,6);
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll1,1,5);
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1);
// copy elements of coll1 sorted into coll6
vector<int>::const_iterator pos6;
pos6 = partial_sort_copy (coll1.cbegin(), coll1.cend(),
coll6.begin(), coll6.end());
// print all copied elements
copy (coll6.cbegin(), pos6,
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "));
cout << endl;
// copy elements of coll1 sorted into coll30
vector<int>::const_iterator pos30;
pos30 = partial_sort_copy (coll1.cbegin(), coll1.cend(),
coll30.begin(), coll30.end(),
greater<int>());
// print all copied elements
copy (coll30.cbegin(), pos30,
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "));
cout << endl;
}