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#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main (){

    list <int> l (10);
    generate_n (l.begin (), 5, rand);

    cout << "Elements in the list of size: " << l.size ();
    list <int>::const_iterator li;
    
    for ( li = l.begin (); li != l.end (); ++ li )
        cout << *li << ' ';


    return 0;
}