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 <deque>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
// create empty deque of strings
deque<string> coll;
// insert several elements
coll.assign (3, string("string"));
coll.push_back ("last string");
coll.push_front ("first string");
// print elements separated by newlines
copy (coll.cbegin(), coll.cend(),
ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));
cout << endl;
// remove first and last element
coll.pop_front();
coll.pop_back();
// insert "another" into every element but the first
for (unsigned i=1; i<coll.size(); ++i) {
coll[i] = "another " + coll[i];
}
// change size to four elements
coll.resize (4, "resized string");
// print elements separated by newlines
copy (coll.cbegin(), coll.cend(),
ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));
}