How do I reverse a C++ vector?

There's a function std::reverse in the algorithm header for this purpose.

#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

int main() {
  std::vector<int> a;
  std::reverse(a.begin(), a.end());
  return 0;
}

You can use std::reverse like this

std::reverse(str.begin(), str.end());

All containers offer a reversed view of their content with rbegin() and rend(). These two functions return so-calles reverse iterators, which can be used like normal ones, but it will look like the container is actually reversed.

#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

template<class InIt>
void print_range(InIt first, InIt last, char const* delim = "\n"){
  --last;
  for(; first != last; ++first){
    std::cout << *first << delim;
  }
  std::cout << *first;
}

int main(){
  int a[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
  std::vector<int> v(a, a+5);
  print_range(v.begin(), v.end(), "->");
  std::cout << "\n=============\n";
  print_range(v.rbegin(), v.rend(), "<-");
}

Live example on Ideone. Output:

1->2->3->4->5
=============
5<-4<-3<-2<-1