Split a string using a delimiter

split_string.cpp

void split( const std::string& str, char delim, std::vector<std::string>& tokens )
{
  std::stringstream iss(str);
  std::string item;
  while ( std::getline(iss, item, delim) )
  {
    if ( !item.empty() )
      tokens.push_back(item);
  }
}