Split mathemtical function using signs in c++

Question

I want to split a mathematical function by the sign of the variables in it like this :

string input = x-5y+3z=10

output--> [x,-5y,+3z,=10]

i used to do this on java by using input.split() function , but because I'm a c++ beginner i cannot find a way to do it like in java.

Any help ?

Edit:

After a long a time i found a solution to what i want , maybe it's not the ideal solution and it could have more improvements but as i said before I'm a still a beginner in c++ ,here is it ->

std::string fun="-x1+2x2=10.";

std::string *arr=new std::string[20];
int index=0;

for (int i=0; i<=20; i++){
    if(fun[index]=='.'){
        break;
    }
    for(int j=index; j<fun.length(); j++){
    if(fun[j]=='+' || fun[j]=='-' || fun[j]=='='|| fun[j]== '.'){
        if(j!=index){
        arr[i]=fun.substr(index,(j-index));
        index=j;
        std::cout<<"term is : "<<arr[i]<<"\t index is : "<<index<<"\t j is : "<<j<<std::endl;
         break;
        }
    }
  }

output is ->

term is : -x1    index is : 3    j is : 3
term is : +2x2   index is : 7    j is : 7
term is : =10    index is : 10   j is : 10

if there is any advice to improve it please say .

Answer 1

Scan the string until you find one of '+', '-', '=' or reach the end. Store the indexes of the hits (including 0 and len-1), that will delimit substrings.

To deal with the very first term, just remark that in case it does have a sign, the first substring will be empty.

x-5y+3z=10
 ^  ^  ^
|x|-5y|+3z|=10|


-x-5y+3z=10
^ ^  ^  ^
||-x|-5y|+3z|=10|