C++ std::string split ( + remove_empty )

std_string_split.h

#pragma once

#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>

auto split (const std::string& line, char seperator, bool remove_empty = false)
{
    std::vector<std::string> strs;

    std::string::size_type prev_pos = 0, pos = 0;

    while ((pos = line.find(seperator, pos)) != std::string::npos)
    {
        std::string substring( line.substr(prev_pos, pos-prev_pos) );

        if (remove_empty)
        {
            std::stringstream(substring) >> substring;
            if (substring.size() > 0) strs.push_back(substring);
        }
        else strs.push_back(substring);

        prev_pos = ++pos;
    }

    auto lw = line.substr(prev_pos, pos-prev_pos);

    if (remove_empty)
    {
        std::stringstream(lw) >> lw;
        if (lw.size() > 0) strs.push_back(lw);
    }
    else strs.push_back(lw);

    return strs;
}