#ifndef __STRINGTOK_H__
#define __STRINGTOK_H__

#include <string>

template <typename Container>
void
stringtok (Container &container, std::string const &in,
           const char * const delimiters = " \t\n")
{
    const std::string::size_type len = in.length();
          std::string::size_type i = 0;

    while ( i < len )
    {
        // eat leading whitespace
        i = in.find_first_not_of (delimiters, i);
        if (i == std::string::npos)
            return;   // nothing left but white space

        // find the end of the token
        std::string::size_type j = in.find_first_of (delimiters, i);

        // push token
        if (j == std::string::npos) {
            container.push_back (in.substr(i));
            return;
        } else
            container.push_back (in.substr(i, j-i));

        // set up for next loop
        i = j + 1;
    }
}
#endif