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+/* Copyright (C) 2015 J.F.Dockes
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "stringtotokens.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+void stringToTokens(const string& str, vector<string>& tokens,
+                    const string& delims, bool skipinit)
+{
+    string::size_type startPos = 0, pos;
+
+    if (skipinit && 
+        // Skip initial delims, return empty if this eats all.
+	(startPos = str.find_first_not_of(delims, 0)) == string::npos) {
+	return;
+    }
+    while (startPos < str.size()) { 
+        // Find next delimiter or end of string (end of token)
+        pos = str.find_first_of(delims, startPos);
+
+        // Add token to the vector and adjust start
+	if (pos == string::npos) {
+	    tokens.push_back(str.substr(startPos));
+	    break;
+	} else if (pos == startPos) {
+	    // Dont' push empty tokens after first
+	    if (tokens.empty())
+		tokens.push_back(string());
+	    startPos = ++pos;
+	} else {
+	    tokens.push_back(str.substr(startPos, pos - startPos));
+	    startPos = ++pos;
+	}
+    }
+}