/* 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 #include using namespace std; int main() { // input stream buffer iterator for cin istreambuf_iterator inpos(cin); // end-of-stream iterator istreambuf_iterator endpos; // output stream buffer iterator for cout ostreambuf_iterator outpos(cout); // while input iterator is valid while (inpos != endpos) { *outpos = *inpos; // assign its value to the output iterator ++inpos; ++outpos; } }