/*
* Returns true if the specified string is a Palindrome.
*/
bool isPalindrome( STR str ) {
str.erase( std::remove_if( str.begin(), str.end(), ::isspace ), str.end() );
STR copy = str;
std::reverse( copy.begin(), copy.end() );
return ( strcmp( str.c_str(), copy.c_str() ) == 0 );
}
/*
* Returns a vector of strings from the specified string, which has
* been sliced at each position where the delimiter appears.
*/
std::vector<STR> distribute( STR str, CSTR_R delimiter ) {
std::vector<STR> slices;
std::size_t pos = 0;
while ( ( pos = str.find( delimiter ) ) != STR::npos ) {
slices.push_back( str.substr( 0, pos ) );
str.erase( 0, ( pos + delimiter.length() ) );
}
return slices;
}