Hello, I have patched and compiled boost for Visual Studio 2008 express and everything seemed to compile correctly. However, I wrote a simple test application to see how the boost features I want to use work. I am trying to use the string split method but I am getting the following error: C:\Boost\include\boost-1_34_1\boost/algorithm/string/detail/finder.hpp(581) : error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 1 arguments Here is my code: string test = "24/3/14"; vector<string> vect; boost::split(vect, test, '/'); for(int i=0; i< vect.size(); i++) { cout << vect << endl; } I am experienced with C++ however this is my first time using boost! any ideas on what is going wrong would be much appreciated! [Edited by - FoxMulder900 on May 14, 2008 10:35:05 PM]

Thanks for your help, I didn't realize the is_any_of() function needed to be used even when I am only using one character!

It appears that you might use predicates from the standard <functional> header.

For example:

boost::split(v, s, std::bind2nd(std::equal_to<char>(), '/'));

Alternatively, boost::lambda also might work:

boost::split(v, s, boost::lambda::_1 == '/');