Split a line using std::regex and discard empty elements

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I need to split a line based on two separators: ' ' and ;.

By example:

input : " abc  ; def  hij  klm  "
output: {"abc","def","hij","klm"}

How can I fix the function below to discard the first empty element?

std::vector<std::string> Split(std::string const& line) {
    std::regex seps("[ ;]+");
    std::sregex_token_iterator rit(line.begin(), line.end(), seps, -1);
    return std::vector<std::string>(rit, std::sregex_token_iterator());
}

// input : " abc  ; def  hij  klm  "
// output: {"","abc","def","hij","klm"}

Below a complete sample that compiles:

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

std::vector<std::string> Split(std::string const& line) {
    std::regex seps("[ ;]+");
    std::sregex_token_iterator rit(line.begin(), line.end(), seps, -1);
    return std::vector<std::string>(rit, std::sregex_token_iterator());
}

int main()
{
    std::string line = " abc  ; def  hij  klm  ";
    std::cout << "input: \"" << line << "\"" << std::endl;

    auto collection = Split(line);

    std::cout << "output: {";
    auto bComma = false;
    for (auto oneField : collection)
    {
        std::cout << (bComma ? "," : "") << "\"" << oneField << "\"";
        bComma = true;
    }
    std::cout << "} " << std::endl;
}
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