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+/*
+ * Utils.h
+ *
+ *  Created on: Mar 5, 2015
+ *      Author: gaixas1
+ */
+
+#ifndef UTILS_H_
+#define UTILS_H_
+
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <vector>
+
+/*
+ * Explode a string into a vector of strings, given a delimiter
+ *
+ */
+std::vector<std::string> &split(const std::string &s, char delim, std::vector<std::string> &elems);
+std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string &s, char delim);
+
+/*
+ * Implode the first n values of a vector of string into a strings, separated by a delimiter
+ *
+ */
+std::string join(const std::vector<std::string> &elems, const unsigned int n, const char delim);
+
+
+/*
+ * Check if the first value is a prefix of the second
+ *
+ */
+bool isPrefix(std::string prefix, std::string s);
+
+#endif /* UTILS_H_ */