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()
{
vector<int> coll1;
list<int> coll2;
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll1,1,9);
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"coll1: ");
// negate all elements in coll1
transform (coll1.cbegin(), coll1.cend(), // source range
coll1.begin(), // destination range
negate<int>()); // operation
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"negated: ");
// transform elements of coll1 into coll2 with ten times their value
transform (coll1.cbegin(), coll1.cend(), // source range
back_inserter(coll2), // destination range
bind(multiplies<int>(),_1,10)); // operation
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll2,"coll2: ");
// print coll2 negatively and in reverse order
transform (coll2.crbegin(), coll2.crend(), // source range
ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "), // destination range
[](int elem){ // operation
return -elem;
});
cout << endl;
}