Experimenting with the STL list

// manipulate strings in a list 
// using list from the Standard Template Libraries
// list is just a very generic doubly linked list and
// therefore allows for fast insertions and deletions
// a Dev-C++ tested Console Application by  vegaseat  28nov2004

#include <iostream>
#include <list>        // stl header
#include <iterator>    // ostream_iterator

static char names[8][10]=
{
  "Heidi", "Bertha", "Samantha", "Rubin", 
  "Frank", "Sandy", "Sunny", "Rubin"
};

static char norge[6][10]=
{
  "Jens", "Hildegard", "Bjorn", "Ulla", "Joerg", "Mila"     
};

using namespace std;  // std::cout

int main()
{
  int k;
  list<string> sL;

  // load the list
  // push_back appends strings to the end of a list
  for(int k = 0; k < 8; k++)
  {
    sL.push_back(names[k]);
  }
  cout << "contents of the list in order:\n";
  // print out the list one item on a line
  copy(sL.begin(),sL.end(),ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));
  
  // sort the list
  sL.sort();
  cout << "sort the list:" << endl;    
  copy(sL.begin(),sL.end(),ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));

  // remove all instances of Frank from the list
  sL.remove("Frank");
  cout << "remove Frank from the list:\n";
  copy(sL.begin(),sL.end(),ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));
  
  // add Karl to the beginning of the list
  sL.push_front("Karl");
  cout << "add Karl to the beginning of the list:\n";
  copy(sL.begin(),sL.end(),ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));
  
  // add Zoe as the third item in the list
  list<string>::iterator iter1;  // pointer to list items
  iter1 = sL.begin(); // point to first item in list
  iter1++;            // point to second item
  iter1++;            // point to third item
  sL.insert(iter1,1,"Zoe");  // insert Zoe one time
  cout << "insert Zoe as third item in list:" << endl;
  copy(sL.begin(),sL.end(),ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));  
  
  // remove duplicate items
  sL.unique();
  sL.sort();   // sort again
  cout << "remove any duplicates and sort again:" << endl;
  copy(sL.begin(),sL.end(),ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));
  
  // this shows a different way to initialize a list with an array
  list<string> nL(norge, norge+6);
  
  // you made some friends on your last trip to Norway
  // and want to append their names to your present list  
  // splice() merges the two lists without sort
  // you can use  sL.merge(nL)  to merge the two lists with sort
  sL.splice(sL.end(), nL);
  cout << "splice norge list to end of name list:" << endl;
  copy(sL.begin(),sL.end(),ostream_iterator<string>(cout,"\n"));
    
  cin.get(); // wait
  return 0;
}