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24.25.2.Use unique to remove consecutive duplicates
/* 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 <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <deque>
#include <list>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <functional>
#include <numeric>

/* PRINT_ELEMENTS()
 * - prints optional C-string optcstr followed by
 * - all elements of the collection coll
 * - separated by spaces
 */
template <class T>
inline void PRINT_ELEMENTS (const T& coll, const char* optcstr="")
{
    typename T::const_iterator pos;

    std::cout << optcstr;
    for (pos=coll.begin(); pos!=coll.end(); ++pos) {
        std::cout << *pos << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
}

/* INSERT_ELEMENTS (collection, first, last)
 * - fill values from first to last into the collection
 * - NOTE: NO half-open range
 */
template <class T>
inline void INSERT_ELEMENTS (T& coll, int first, int last)
{
    for (int i=first; i<=last; ++i) {
        coll.insert(coll.end(),i);
    }
}

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    // source data
    int source[] 14461223166657,
                      54};
    int sourceNum = sizeof(source)/sizeof(source[0]);

    list<int> coll;

    // initialize coll with elements from source
    copy (source, source+sourceNum,           // source
          back_inserter(coll));               // destination
    PRINT_ELEMENTS(coll);

    // remove consecutive duplicates
    list<int>::iterator pos;
    pos = unique (coll.begin(), coll.end());

    /* print elements not removed
     * - use new logical end
     */
    copy (coll.begin(), pos,                  // source
          ostream_iterator<int>(cout," "));   // destination
    cout << "\n\n";

}
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24.25.unique
24.25.1.Use std::unique to eliminate duplicate values
24.25.2.Use unique to remove consecutive duplicates
24.25.3.Combine unique and erase to remove elements if there was a previous greater element
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