something's up with my substr() test

I was just testing out the substr() method to parse a string's words into a string vector. I was just re-creating what I saw in the book I'm reading so I would understand it, but why I'm not getting the desired effect alludes me. I also tried it with a pre-defined string but still no go.

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

using std::cin;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::vector;
using std::string;


int main()
{
    string aStr;
    string temp = "";
    vector<string> parse;
    string::size_type i, j;
    
    cout << "Type a sentence." << endl;
    getline(cin, aStr);
    i = 0;
    while(i != aStr.size())
    {
        while(isspace(aStr[i]) && i != aStr.size())
            i++;
            
        j = i;   
             
        while(!isspace(aStr[j]) && j!= aStr.size())
            j++;
        
        temp = aStr.substr(i, j);
        if (i != j)
        {
            parse.push_back(temp);
            i = j;
        }  
    }
    
    cout << "You typed " << parse.size() << " words:" << endl;
    
    for (vector<string>::size_type i = 0; i < parse.size(); i++)
        cout << parse[i] << endl;    

    
    system("Pause");
    return 0;
}

Here's the output

Code:

Type a sentence.
The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over The Fence!
You typed 8 words:
The
Quick Bro
Brown Fox Jumpe
Fox Jumped Over The
Jumped Over The Fence!
Over The Fence!
The Fence!
Fence!
Press any key to continue . . .

The second argument in substr is not an index, it's the number of characters in the substring. Don't ask me why that is, but it's messed me up a number of times.

So it should read:

Code:

temp = aStr.substr(i, j-i);

....I see, thanks.

I also noticed that I didn't include the cctype header, but the isspace function, which the book said is declared in the header, works.

Originally Posted by indigo0086

I also noticed that I didn't include the cctype header, but the isspace function, which the book said is declared in the header, works.

Standard headers are allowed to include each another (However there's no requirement for this to happen) - the same is true for std::endl; which is declared in <ostream> - but most compilers #include <ostream> inside <iostream>