/* The following code example is taken from the book * "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference" * by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999 * * (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999. * Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software * is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. * This software is provided "as is" without express or implied * warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. */ #include "algostuff.hpp" using namespace std; int main() { deque coll; INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,3,7); INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,2,6); INSERT_ELEMENTS(coll,1,5); PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll); // extract the four lowest elements nth_element (coll.begin(), // beginning of range coll.begin()+3, // element that should be sorted correctly coll.end()); // end of range // print them cout << "the four lowest elements are: "; copy (coll.begin(), coll.begin()+4, ostream_iterator(cout," ")); cout << endl; // extract the four highest elements nth_element (coll.begin(), // beginning of range coll.end()-4, // element that should be sorted correctly coll.end()); // end of range // print them cout << "the four highest elements are: "; copy (coll.end()-4, coll.end(), ostream_iterator(cout," ")); cout << endl; // extract the four highest elements (second version) nth_element (coll.begin(), // beginning of range coll.begin()+3, // element that should be sorted correctly coll.end(), // end of range greater()); // sorting criterion // print them cout << "the four highest elements are: "; copy (coll.begin(), coll.begin()+4, ostream_iterator(cout," ")); cout << endl; }