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 "algostuff.hpp"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
vector<int> coll1;
list<int> coll2;
INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll1,1,9);
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"coll1: ");
// square each element
transform (coll1.cbegin(), coll1.cend(), // first source range
coll1.cbegin(), // second source range
coll1.begin(), // destination range
multiplies<int>()); // operation
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll1,"squared: ");
// add each element traversed forward with each element traversed backward
// and insert result into coll2
transform (coll1.cbegin(), coll1.cend(), // first source range
coll1.crbegin(), // second source range
back_inserter(coll2), // destination range
plus<int>()); // operation
PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll2,"coll2: ");
// print differences of two corresponding elements
cout << "diff: ";
transform (coll1.cbegin(), coll1.cend(), // first source range
coll2.cbegin(), // second source range
ostream_iterator<int>(cout, " "), // destination range
minus<int>()); // operation
cout << endl;
}