.. Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost .. Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying .. file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) Example ....... :: struct string_appender { string_appender(std::string& s) : m_str(&s) {} void operator()(const std::string& x) const { *m_str += x; } std::string* m_str; }; int main(int, char*[]) { std::vector x; x.push_back("hello"); x.push_back(" "); x.push_back("world"); x.push_back("!"); std::string s = ""; std::copy(x.begin(), x.end(), boost::make_function_output_iterator(string_appender(s))); std::cout << s << std::endl; return 0; }