1: //
  2: // Second iteration: starting to think in terms 
  3: // of iterators.
  4: //
  5: 
  6: template<typename Container>
  7: Container make_s(const char *intext,
  8:     bool stripLeadingSpaces = true)
  9: {
 10:     using std::string;
 11:     int len;
 12:     char *incopy = new char[(len = strlen(intext)) + 1];
 13:     strcpy(incopy, intext);
 14:     Container c;
 15:     char *end = incopy + len;
 16:     char *nextComma;
 17: 
 18:     char *curPos = incopy;
 19:     while (true)
 20:     {
 21:         // no need now to stuff a '\0' at *nextComma:
 22:         nextComma = std::find(curPos, end, ',');
 23: 
 24:         if (stripLeadingSpaces)
 25:             while (isspace(*curPos))
 26:                 ++curPos;
 27: 
 28:         c.push_back(string(curPos, nextComma));
 29: 
 30:         if (nextComma == end)
 31:             break;
 32: 
 33:         curPos = ++nextComma;
 34:     }
 35:     delete[] incopy;
 36:     return c;
 37: }