add vector variant of splitString

Author: ludviggunne

lib/utils.cpp

@@ -203,3 +203,21 @@ std::list<std::string> splitString(const std::string& str, char sep)
     l.push_back(std::move(p));
     return l;
 }
+
+std::vector<std::string> splitStringVector(const std::string& str, char sep)
+{
+    if (std::strchr(str.c_str(), sep) == nullptr)
+        return {str};
+
+    std::vector<std::string> l;
+    std::string p(str);
+    for (;;) {
+        const std::string::size_type pos = p.find(sep);
+        if (pos == std::string::npos)
+            break;
+        l.push_back(p.substr(0,pos));
+        p = p.substr(pos+1);
+    }
+    l.push_back(std::move(p));
+    return l;
+}

lib/utils.h

@@ -405,6 +405,14 @@ static inline T* empty_if_null(T* p)
  */
 CPPCHECKLIB std::list<std::string> splitString(const std::string& str, char sep);
 
+/**
+ * Split string by given sperator.
+ * @param str The string to split
+ * @param sep The seperator
+ * @return The vector of seperate strings (including empty ones). The whole input string if no seperator found.
+ */
+CPPCHECKLIB std::vector<std::string> splitStringVector(const std::string& str, char sep);
+
 namespace utils {
     template<class T>
     constexpr typename std::add_const<T>::type & as_const(T& t) noexcept