From daef10e3244c5380a257334bab2be1736875e572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rinkk <karsten.rink@ufz.de>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 17:36:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added alternate method for deconstucting string into a vector
 of words

---
 BaseLib/StringTools.cpp | 10 ++++++++++
 BaseLib/StringTools.h   |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp b/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
index 67694745465..24e14a82f7d 100644
--- a/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
+++ b/BaseLib/StringTools.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@
 
 namespace BaseLib
 {
+std::vector<std::string> splitString(std::string const& str)
+{
+    std::istringstream str_stream(str);
+    std::vector<std::string> items;
+    std::copy(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(str_stream),
+        std::istream_iterator<std::string>(),
+        std::back_inserter(items));
+    return items;
+}
+
 std::list<std::string> splitString(const std::string &str, char delim)
 {
     std::list<std::string> strList;
diff --git a/BaseLib/StringTools.h b/BaseLib/StringTools.h
index 7ff25e9b5f4..64ad1be5192 100644
--- a/BaseLib/StringTools.h
+++ b/BaseLib/StringTools.h
@@ -19,9 +19,18 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <list>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace BaseLib {
 
+/**
+ *  Splits a string into a vector of strings. This method only works for string seperation 
+ *  recognised by the std::stringstream iterator such as ' ' or '\t'.
+ *  \param str String to be splitted
+ *  \return Vector of strings
+ */
+std::vector<std::string> splitString(std::string const& str);
+
 /**
  *   Splits a string into a list of strings.
  *  \param str String to be splitted
-- 
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