dev: added some string helper functions, updated gitignore

strFuncs.cpp

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+#include "inc/strFuncs.hpp"
+
+template <typename Out>
+void split(const std::string &s, char delim, Out result) {
+    std::istringstream iss(s);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(iss, item, delim)) {
+        *result++ = item;
+    }
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string &s, char delim) {
+    std::vector<std::string> elems;
+    split(s, delim, std::back_inserter(elems));
+    return elems;
+}