// Copyright (C) 2010, Guy Barrand. All rights reserved.
// See the file tools.license for terms.

#ifndef tools_words
#define tools_words

#include <string>
#include <vector>

namespace tools {

inline void words(const std::string& a_string,const std::string& a_sep,bool a_take_empty,std::vector<std::string>& a_words){
  //  If a_sep is for exa "|" and for "xxx||xxx" :
  //  - a_take_empty false : {"xxx","xxx"} will be created 
  //    (and NOT {"xxx","","xxx"}).
  //  - a_take_empty true : {"xxx","","xxx"} will be created.
  a_words.clear();
  if(a_string.empty()) return;
  std::string::size_type lim = (a_take_empty?0:1);
  if(a_sep.empty()) {
    a_words.push_back(a_string);
  } else {
    std::string::size_type l = a_string.length();
    std::string::size_type llimiter = a_sep.length();
    std::string::size_type pos = 0;
    while(true) {
      std::string::size_type index = a_string.find(a_sep,pos);
      if(index==std::string::npos){ // Last word.
        if((l-pos)>=lim) a_words.push_back(a_string.substr(pos,l-pos));
        break;
      } else {
        //     abcxxxef
        //     0  3  67
        if((index-pos)>=lim) a_words.push_back(a_string.substr(pos,index-pos));
        pos = index + llimiter;
      }
    }
  }
}

inline std::vector<std::string> words(const std::string& a_string,const std::string& a_limiter,bool a_take_empty = false){
  std::vector<std::string> v;
  words(a_string,a_limiter,a_take_empty,v);
  return v;
}

}

#endif