I posted this answer for similar question.
Don't reinvent the wheel. I've used a number of libraries and the fastest and most flexible I have come across is: C++ String Toolkit Library.
Here is an example of how to use it that I've posted else where on the stackoverflow.
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <strtk.hpp>
const char *whitespace = " \t\r\n\f";
const char *whitespace_and_punctuation = " \t\r\n\f;,=";
int main()
{
{ // normal parsing of a string into a vector of strings
std::string s("Somewhere down the road");
std::vector<std::string> result;
if( strtk::parse( s, whitespace, result ) )
{
for(size_t i = 0; i < result.size(); ++i )
std::cout << result[i] << std::endl;
}
}
{ // parsing a string into a vector of floats with other separators
// besides spaces
std::string ts("3.0, 3.14; 4.0");
std::vector<float> values;
if( strtk::parse( s, whitespace_and_punctuation, values ) )
{
for(size_t i = 0; i < values.size(); ++i )
std::cout << values[i] << std::endl;
}
}
{ // parsing a string into specific variables
std::string us("angle = 45; radius = 9.9");
std::string w1, w2;
float v1, v2;
if( strtk::parse( s, whitespace_and_punctuation, w1, v1, w2, v2) )
{
std::cout << "word " << w1 << ", value " << v1 << std::endl;
std::cout << "word " << w2 << ", value " << v2 << std::endl;
}
}
return 0;
}