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+Example
+-------
+
+The following example prints an array of characters in reverse order
+using ``reverse_iterator``.
+
+::
+    
+    char letters_[] = "hello world!";
+    const int N = sizeof(letters_)/sizeof(char) - 1;
+    typedef char* base_iterator;
+    base_iterator letters(letters_);
+    std::cout << "original sequence of letters:\t" << letters_ << std::endl;
+
+    boost::reverse_iterator<base_iterator>
+      reverse_letters_first(letters + N),
+      reverse_letters_last(letters);
+
+    std::cout << "sequence in reverse order:\t";
+    std::copy(reverse_letters_first, reverse_letters_last,
+	      std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout));
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+
+
+
+The output is::
+
+    original sequence of letters:   hello world!
+    sequence in reverse order:      !dlrow olleh