template_print.cpp

// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10750057/how-to-print-out-the-contents-of-a-vector/11335634#11335634

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm> // for copy
#include <iterator> // for ostream_iterator
#include <vector>

int main() {
    /* Set up vector to hold chars a-z */
    std::vector<char> path;
    for (int ch = 'a'; ch <= 'z'; ++ch)
        path.push_back(ch);

    /* Print path vector to console */
    std::copy(path.begin(), path.end(), std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout, " "));

    return 0;
}

// Overloading osstream operator, applied to the above solution ^
template <typename T>
std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& out, const std::vector<T>& v) {
  if ( !v.empty() ) {
    out << '[';
    std::copy (v.begin(), v.end(), std::ostream_iterator<T>(out, ", "));
    out << "\b\b]";
  }
  return out;
}