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 <list>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
using namespace std;
void printLists (const list<int>& l1, const list<int>& l2)
{
cout << "list1: ";
copy (l1.cbegin(), l1.cend(), ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "));
cout << endl << "list2: ";
copy (l2.cbegin(), l2.cend(), ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "));
cout << endl << endl;
}
int main()
{
// create two empty lists
list<int> list1, list2;
// fill both lists with elements
for (int i=0; i<6; ++i) {
list1.push_back(i);
list2.push_front(i);
}
printLists(list1, list2);
// insert all elements of list1 before the first element with value 3 of list2
// - find() returns an iterator to the first element with value 3
list2.splice(find(list2.begin(),list2.end(), // destination position
3),
list1); // source list
printLists(list1, list2);
// move first element of list2 to the end
list2.splice(list2.end(), // destination position
list2, // source list
list2.begin()); // source position
printLists(list1, list2);
// sort second list, assign to list1 and remove duplicates
list2.sort();
list1 = list2;
list2.unique();
printLists(list1, list2);
// merge both sorted lists into the first list
list1.merge(list2);
printLists(list1, list2);
}