#include <iostream>
#include <vector>


void dump(std::ostream &out, const std::vector<std::string> &v)
{
    for(size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i) {
        out << '\'' << v[ i ] << '\'' << ' ';
    }
    
    out << std::endl;
}

size_t split(const std::string &txt, std::vector<std::string> &strs, char ch)
{
    size_t pos = txt.find( ch );
    size_t initialPos = 0;
    strs.clear();

    // Decompose statement
    while( pos != std::string::npos ) {
        strs.push_back( txt.substr( initialPos, pos - initialPos ) );
        initialPos = pos + 1;

        pos = txt.find( ch, initialPos );
    }

    // Add the last one
    strs.push_back( txt.substr( initialPos, std::min( pos, txt.size() ) - initialPos + 1 ) );

    return strs.size();
}

int main()
{
    std::vector<std::string> v;

    split( "This  is a  test", v, ' ' );
    dump( std::cout, v );
    
    split( "1,2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8,9", v, ',' );
    dump( std::cout, v );

    return 0;
}