[boost] [string_algo] split suggestion

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-08 01:59:32

Hello,
suppose I have a string "module.foo1.port" and want to get the second 
dot-separated element. I think I can use the 'split' algorithm, but it does 
not look very convenient, I need to declare container, then call split and 
then obtain the result.

In Qt, there's QString::section method, which allows to do this in one line. 
Here's example from the docs:

    QString csv( "forename,middlename,surname,phone" );
    QString s = csv.section( ',', 2, 2 );   // s == "surname"

And the complete docs are at:

    http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/qstring.html#section

Maybe, something like this can be added?

- Volodya