Hi, I am using Boost 1.47.0 / Windows Server 2003 Standard 32-bit / Visual C++ 2010 Express. I copied/pasted the following code from StackOverFlow and it works: ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include <string> #include <iostream> #include int main() { std::string str = "This is a test string"; for( boost::algorithm::split_iteratorstd::string::iterator i = make_split_iterator(str, token_finder( boost::algorithm::is_space(), boost::algorithm::token_compress_on)); i != boost::algorithm::split_iteratorstd::string::iterator(); ++i) { //std::string s = *i; std::cout << *i << '\n'; } } ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// However, when I assign the result of *i to an std::string then I get a compiler conversion error: ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include <string> #include <iostream> #include int main() { std::string str = "This is a test string"; for( boost::algorithm::split_iteratorstd::string::iterator i = make_split_iterator(str, token_finder( boost::algorithm::is_space(), boost::algorithm::token_compress_on)); i != boost::algorithm::split_iteratorstd::string::iterator(); ++i) { std::string s = *i; ////////////////////////////COMPILER ERROR: cannot convert from 'const boost::iterator_range<IteratorT>' to 'const std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>' std::cout << s << '\n'; } } ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Can anyone guide me as to how I can eliminate this error and convert the result of the dereferenced iterator to string? I need to get an std::string. Thanks in advance, Asif