2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index 4c05f2df8..bed51881f 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -983,6 +983,23 @@ bool TokSplitString(char Tok,char *Input,char **List,
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// ExplodeString - Split a string up into a vector			/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This can be used to split a given string up into a vector, so the
+   propose is the same as in the method above and this one is a bit slower
+   also, but the advantage is that we an iteratable vector */
+vector<string> ExplodeString(string const &haystack, char const &split) {
+	string::const_iterator start = haystack.begin();
+	string::const_iterator end = start;
+	vector<string> exploded;
+	do {
+		for (; end != haystack.end() && *end != split; ++end);
+		exploded.push_back(string(start, end));
+		start = end;
+	} while (end != haystack.end() && (++end) != haystack.end());
+	return exploded;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // RegexChoice - Simple regex list/list matcher				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
index 2b2e147fb..3bdb65b4d 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ bool StrToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long &Res,unsigned Len,unsigned Base = 0)
 bool Hex2Num(const string &Str,unsigned char *Num,unsigned int Length);
 bool TokSplitString(char Tok,char *Input,char **List,
 		    unsigned long ListMax);
+vector<string> ExplodeString(string const &haystack, char const &split=',');
 void ioprintf(ostream &out,const char *format,...) APT_FORMAT2;
 void strprintf(string &out,const char *format,...) APT_FORMAT2;
 char *safe_snprintf(char *Buffer,char *End,const char *Format,...) APT_FORMAT3;