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