1 .. Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost
2 .. Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
3 .. file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
8 The following example prints an array of characters in reverse order
9 using ``reverse_iterator``.
13 char letters_[] = "hello world!";
14 const int N = sizeof(letters_)/sizeof(char) - 1;
15 typedef char* base_iterator;
16 base_iterator letters(letters_);
17 std::cout << "original sequence of letters:\t\t\t" << letters_ << std::endl;
19 boost::reverse_iterator<base_iterator>
20 reverse_letters_first(letters + N),
21 reverse_letters_last(letters);
23 std::cout << "sequence in reverse order:\t\t\t";
24 std::copy(reverse_letters_first, reverse_letters_last,
25 std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout));
26 std::cout << std::endl;
28 std::cout << "sequence in double-reversed (normal) order:\t";
29 std::copy(boost::make_reverse_iterator(reverse_letters_last),
30 boost::make_reverse_iterator(reverse_letters_first),
31 std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout));
32 std::cout << std::endl;
38 original sequence of letters: hello world!
39 sequence in reverse order: !dlrow olleh
40 sequence in double-reversed (normal) order: hello world!
43 The source code for this example can be found `here`__.
45 __ ../example/reverse_iterator_example.cpp