algo/unique3.cpp

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 <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
using namespace std;

bool bothSpaces (char elem1, char elem2)
{
    return elem1 == ' ' && elem2 == ' ';
}

int main()
{
    // don't skip leading whitespaces by default
    cin.unsetf(ios::skipws);

    // copy standard input to standard output
    // - while compressing spaces
    unique_copy(istream_iterator<char>(cin),  // beginning of source: cin
                istream_iterator<char>(),     // end of source: end-of-file
                ostream_iterator<char>(cout), // destination: cout
                bothSpaces);                  // duplicate criterion
}