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+// (C) Copyright Jeremy Siek 2000. 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 <boost/config.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <vector>
+#include <boost/counting_iterator.hpp>
+#include <boost/iterator_adaptors.hpp>
+
+int main(int, char*[])
+{
+  // Example of using counting_iterator_generator
+  std::cout << "counting from 0 to 4:" << std::endl;
+  boost::counting_iterator_generator<int>::type first(0), last(4);
+  std::copy(first, last, std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
+  std::cout << std::endl;
+
+  // Example of using make_counting_iterator()
+  std::cout << "counting from -5 to 4:" << std::endl;
+  std::copy(boost::make_counting_iterator(-5),
+	    boost::make_counting_iterator(5),
+	    std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
+  std::cout << std::endl;
+
+  // Example of using counting iterator to create an array of pointers.
+  const int N = 7;
+  std::vector<int> numbers;
+  // Fill "numbers" array with [0,N)
+  std::copy(boost::make_counting_iterator(0), boost::make_counting_iterator(N),
+	    std::back_inserter(numbers));
+
+  std::vector<std::vector<int>::iterator> pointers;
+
+  // Use counting iterator to fill in the array of pointers.
+  std::copy(boost::make_counting_iterator(numbers.begin()),
+	    boost::make_counting_iterator(numbers.end()),
+	    std::back_inserter(pointers));
+
+  // Use indirect iterator to print out numbers by accessing
+  // them through the array of pointers.
+  std::cout << "indirectly printing out the numbers from 0 to " 
+	    << N << std::endl;
+  std::copy(boost::make_indirect_iterator(pointers.begin()),
+	    boost::make_indirect_iterator(pointers.end()),
+	    std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
+  std::cout << std::endl;
+  
+  return 0;
+}