#include#includestd::ostream& alternate (std::ostream& os, conststd::string& str) {for (size_t index=0; index<str.size(); index+=2) os <<str[index];return os;}int main (void) {std::string test {"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazydog"};alternate (std::cout, test);std::cout << std::endl;}Output:Teqikbonfxjmsoe h aydg