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;
using namespace std::placeholders;
int main()
{
list<int> coll;
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,2,6);
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,4,9);
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll);
// print all elements with value 5 replaced with 55
replace_copy(coll.cbegin(), coll.cend(), // source
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "), // destination
5, // old value
55); // new value
cout << endl;
// print all elements with a value less than 5 replaced with 42
replace_copy_if(coll.cbegin(), coll.cend(), // source
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "), // destination
bind(less<int>(),_1,5), // replacement criterion
42); // new value
cout << endl;
// print each element while each odd element is replaced with 0
replace_copy_if(coll.cbegin(), coll.cend(), // source
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "), // destination
[](int elem){ // replacement criterion
return elem%2==1;
},
0); // new value
cout << endl;
}