include <functional>
  include <algorithm>
  include <string>
  include <vector>
  include <iostream>
  using namespace std;
  
  void removeEmptyStrings(vector<string>& strings)
  {
    vector<string>::iterator it = remove_if(strings.begin(), strings.end(),
                                            mem_fun_ref(&string::empty));
    // erase the removed elements
    strings.erase(it, strings.end());
  }
  
  void printString(const string& str)
  {
    cout << str << " ";
  }
  
  int main(int argc, char** argv)
  {
    vector<string> myVector;
    myVector.push_back("");
    myVector.push_back("stringone");
    myVector.push_back("");
    myVector.push_back("stringtwo");
    myVector.push_back("stringthree");
    myVector.push_back("stringfour");
  
    removeEmptyStrings(myVector);
    cout << "Size is " << myVector.size() << endl;
    for_each(myVector.begin(), myVector.end(), &printString);
    cout << endl;
    return (0);
  }