In: *http://tinyurl.com/b9tjl *Example code shows: typedef split_iterator<string::iterator> string_split_iterator; for( string_find_iterator It= make_split_iterator(str1, first_finder("-*-", is_iequal())); It!=string_find_iterator (); ++It) { cout << copy_range<std::string>(*It) << endl; } string_find_iterator should be string_split_iterator here. -- Caleb Epstein caleb dot epstein at gmail dot com