/*
 * Standard containers, std::vector, exercise 1.
 *
 * Comparison with string added.
 */
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>  // for range access begin() and end()
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

const char letters[]{ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" };

int main()
{
   vector<char> alphabet(begin(letters), end(letters));

   copy(alphabet.cbegin(), alphabet.cend(), ostream_iterator<char>(cout, " "));
   cout << endl;
   copy(alphabet.crbegin() + 1, alphabet.crend(), ostream_iterator<char>(cout, " "));
   cout << endl;

   // std::string is basically a container 
   string alphabet2(begin(letters), end(letters));
   // string alphabet2 = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

   copy(alphabet2.cbegin(), alphabet2.cend(), ostream_iterator<char>(cout, " "));
   cout << endl;
   copy(alphabet2.crbegin() + 1, alphabet2.crend(), ostream_iterator<char>(cout, " "));
   cout << endl;

   return 0;
}