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()
{
vector<int> coll;
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,1,9);
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll,"coll: ");
// reverse order of elements
reverse (coll.begin(), coll.end());
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll,"coll: ");
// reverse order from second to last element but one
reverse (coll.begin()+1, coll.end()-1);
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll,"coll: ");
// print all of them in reverse order
reverse_copy (coll.cbegin(), coll.cend(), // source
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," ")); // destination
cout << endl;
}