id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 4206,Usage documentation for string_algo split does not work as advertised,Steven Sims ,Pavol Droba,"Sorry that this is so trivial, but it has been around for years... In doc/html/string_algo/usage.html#id1761650 string str1(""hello abc-*-ABC-*-aBc goodbye""); [snip] split( SplitVec, str1, is_any_of(""-*"") ); // SplitVec == { ""hello abc"",""ABC"",""aBc goodbye"" } No it isn't; the result includes empty strings because of the grouped separators in ""-*-"". To produce the 3 strings as in the comment needs: split( SplitVec, str1, is_any_of(""-*""), token_compress_on ); ",Bugs,closed,Boost 1.43.0,string_algo,Boost 1.44.0,Cosmetic,fixed,,