#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

string *explode(string input, string delimiter, int count=0)
{
    int counting = 0;
    string::size_type countloc = 0;
    string::size_type countpos = 0;
    while (countloc != string::npos)
    {
          counting++;
          countloc = input.find(delimiter, countpos);
          countpos = countloc +1;
    }
    if (count != 0 && counting > count)
       counting = count;
  
    string *result = new string[counting];
    string::size_type pos = 0;
    string::size_type loc = 0;
    int iterator = 0;
    while (loc != string::npos)
    {
          loc = input.find(delimiter, pos);
          result[iterator] = input.substr(pos, (loc - pos));
          pos = loc +1;
          iterator++;
    }
    return result;
}

int main()
{
    string *foo = explode("this is a test", " ");
    cout << "1=>" << foo[0] << "\n";
    cout << "2=>" << foo[1] << "\n";
    cout << "3=>" << foo[2] << "\n";
    cout << "4=>" << foo[3] << "\n";
    cin.get();
}