template <class InputIterator, class OutputIterator>

OutputIterator copy(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, OutputIterator result)

{

	while (first != last)	// last points one place beyond the last element of sequence to be copied

		*result++ = *first++;

	return result;		// return value points to result + (last - first)  

}



void main()

{

	const int SIZE = 25;



	int numbers[SIZE] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};

	float decimals[SIZE] = {0.0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9};

	char string1[SIZE] = "STL copying is generic";

	char string2[SIZE] = "Standard strcpy ain't!";



	copy(&string1[0], &string1[SIZE+1], &string2[0]);			// copy char array into char array

	copy(&numbers[0], &numbers[SIZE+1], &decimals[0]);			// copy integer array into float array

	copy(&string1[0], &string1[SIZE+1], &numbers[0]);			// copy char array into integer array

}