Thread: Extract Elements From a Comma Delimited String

I am developing a program that receives TCP packets from an OP7200 SBC. I am receiving the packets just fine, but now I am trying to extract the individual elements from the string so I can work with them. Here is the code I have so far:

Code:

#include "ServerSocket.h"
#include "SocketException.h"
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>

int main ( int argc, int argv[] )
{

  try
    {
      // Create the socket
      ServerSocket server ( 14035 );

      while ( true )
	{

	  ServerSocket new_sock;
	  server.accept ( new_sock );

	  try
	    {
	      while ( true )
		{
		  std::string data;
		  new_sock >> data;
		  new_sock << data;
		  using namespace std;
		  string trainid(data);
		  cout << "Data received: " << trainid << endl;
		}
	    }
	  catch ( SocketException& ) {}

	}
    }
  catch ( SocketException& e )
    {
      std::cout << "Exception was caught:" << e.description() << "\nExiting.\n";
    }

  return 0;
}

Here is an example of the data I need to work with:

Code:

Unit Name,1,2

Unit Name: Name of the location the next two numbers pertain to.
1: Unit #
2: Number of Cycles on Unit


I know the solution is probably simple, but I am fairly new to C and C++. I'm having a hard time understanding some of the stuff I've gound on Google. The program I have so far is nothing more than code I used from an excellent socket programming tutorial. I've done PHP and VB programming in the past. This is my first time writing a program for a Linux box.

Thanks!
Chris

I wouldn't use strtok with strings. You can use a stringstream, or you can parse it yourself with string member functions like find and substr (you would still need a stringstream or strtol or atoi to get the integer from the string).

Do you know how you would read that data from cin? If you do, do the same thing with a istringstream instead.

Thank you all for your help.

I added the code you wrote, swoopy, and it works great!!! Thank you very much!!!

Chris