Splitting a string by a character

Question

I know this is a quite easy problem but I just want to solve it for myself once and for all

I would simply like to split a string into an array using a character as

Answer 1

Boost has the split() you are seeking in algorithm/string.hpp:

std::string sample = "07/3/2011";
std::vector strs;
boost::split(strs, sample, boost::is_any_of("/"));