string str1("abc-*-ABC-*-aBc");
typedef split_iterator<string::iterator> string_split_iterator;
for(string_split_iterator It = 
    make_split_iterator(str1, first_finder("-*-", is_iequal()));
    It!=string_split_iterator();
    ++It)
{
    cout << copy_range<std::string>(*It) << endl;
}

// Output will be:
// abc
// ABC
// aBC