Leetcode 165. compare version number

class Solution {
public:
    int compareVersion(string version1, string version2) {
        vector<int> a(parse_str(version1));
        vector<int> b(parse_str(version2));
        int len = max(a.size(), b.size());
                if (a.size() < len) {
            int ngrow = len - a.size();
            for (int i = 0; i < ngrow; ++i) {
                a.push_back(0);
            } 
        }
        if (b.size() < len) {
            int ngrow = len - b.size();
            for (int i = 0; i < ngrow; ++i) {
                b.push_back(0);
            } 
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
            if (a[i] > b[i]) return  1;
            if (a[i] < b[i]) return -1;
        }
        return 0;
    }
private:
    vector<int> parse_str(string s) {
        vector<int> ret;
        stringstream ss(s);
        string item;
        while (getline(ss, item, '.')) {      
            ret.push_back(atoi(item.c_str()));
        }
        return ret;
    }
};