std :: vector < int > src = { 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 }; // Copy the contents of a range to an output iterator. // A convenience alias exists in namespace boost: boost::copy(). boost :: range :: copy ( src , std :: ostream_iterator < int > ( std :: cout , " " )); std :: cout << std :: endl ; // Copy the contents of a range into an empty vector. std :: vector < int > dest1 ; boost :: range :: copy ( src , std :: back_inserter ( dest1 )); // copy_backward() copies elements from a range, just like copy() does, but: // - it takes an end iterator as second argument // - it copies the elements back-to-front (the last element is copied first, // the first element is copied last) // Due to the first point, it won't work with ostream_iterator or // back_insert_iterator, so it's of much more limited use than copy(). std :: vector < int > dest ( src . size (), 0 ); boost :: range :: copy_backward ( src , dest . end ()); for ( int i : dest ) { std :: cout << i << " " ; std :: cout << std :: endl ; return 0 ;

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