1: //
 2: // Extra credit? remove the inner loop
 3: //
 4: 
 5: template<typename Container>
 6: Container make_s(const std::string &intext,
 7:     bool stripLeadingSpaces = true)
 8: {
 9:     using std::string;
10:     Container c;
11:     string::const_iterator nextComma;
12: 
13:     string::const_iterator curPos = intext.begin();
14: 
15:     while (true)
16:     {
17:         nextComma = std::find(curPos, intext.end(), ',');
18: 
19:         if (stripLeadingSpaces)  // call to find_if replaces loop
20:             curPos = std::find_if(curPos, nextComma,
21:                     std::not1(std::ptr_fun(isspace)));
22: 
23:         c.push_back(string(curPos, nextComma));
24: 
25:         if (nextComma == intext.end())
26:             break;
27: 
28:         curPos = ++nextComma;
29:     }
30:     
31:     return c;
32: }