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 <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
list<int> coll;
// insert elements from 6 to 1 and 1 to 6
for (int i=1; i<=6; ++i) {
coll.push_front(i);
coll.push_back(i);
}
// remove all elements with value 3 (poor performance)
coll.erase (remove(coll.begin(),coll.end(),
3),
coll.end());
// remove all elements with value 4 (good performance)
coll.remove (4);
}