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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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _STRINGTOTOKENS_H_INCLUDED_
+#define _STRINGTOTOKENS_H_INCLUDED_
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+// Split string. This is mostly intended for space-separated lists,
+// and it will treat multiple spaces as one separator (so not so good
+// if you want empty values)
+extern void stringToTokens(const std::string &s,
+                           std::vector<std::string> &tokens, 
+                           const std::string &delims = " \t",
+                           bool skipinit=true);
+
+#endif /* _STRINGTOTOKENS_H_INCLUDED_ */