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()
{
set<int> coll;
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,1,9);
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll);
// print elements rotated one element to the left
set<int>::const_iterator pos = next(coll.cbegin());
rotate_copy(coll.cbegin(), // beginning of source
pos, // new first element
coll.cend(), // end of source
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," ")); // destination
cout << endl;
// print elements rotated two elements to the right
pos = coll.cend();
advance(pos,-2);
rotate_copy(coll.cbegin(), // beginning of source
pos, // new first element
coll.cend(), // end of source
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," ")); // destination
cout << endl;
// print elements rotated so that element with value 4 is the beginning
rotate_copy(coll.cbegin(), // beginning of source
coll.find(4), // new first element
coll.cend(), // end of source
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," ")); // destination
cout << endl;
}