/*  general server configurations  */
 
#################
#Server Settings#
#################
servername "NightServ.NightIRC.org";
description "NightIRC service an rare constellation of stars";
myaddress "127.0.0.1";
port "8087";

/*  general server configurations  */
 
#################
#Server Settings#
#################
servername "NightServ.NightIRC.org";
description "NightIRC service an rare constellation of stars";
myaddress "127.0.0.1";
port "8087";

servername "NightServ.NightIRC.org";
description "NightIRC service an rare constellation of stars";
myaddress "127.0.0.1";
port "8087";

    string sub;      = servername
    string pram;    = description
    string subval;  = myaddress
    port???

string sub = servername
string pram = NightServ.NightIRC.org

void parse(string line) {
    string sub;
    string pram;
    int len = line.length();
 
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
        if (line[i] == '\t') {
        } else if (line[i] == '"') {
            if (line[i + 1] == ';') {
                cout << "|\";|"<< endl;
                smspace = 1;
                cur = 0;
            } else {
 
                cur = 1;
                cout << "|\"|";
                smspace = 0;
            }
        }else if(smspace == 1 && line[i] == ' ') {
        } else {
 
            if (sub == "servername"){
                if (cur == 0)
                servername = "test";
                cout << &servername;
            }
            if (cur == 1) {
                pram += line[i];
            } else {
                sub += line[i];
            }
        }
 
    }
}

if (cur == 1) {
                pram += line[i];
            } else {
                sub += line[i];
}

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
using namespace std;
 
string quoteExtract( string );
string extractFirstWord( string );
 
int main()
{
  string line;
 
 
  ifstream open ( "c:\\yourfile.txt" );
 
  while (getline(open,line,'\n')) //read in each line from the file
  {
 
    if (extractFirstWord(line)== "servername")
    {
       cout << quoteExtract (line);
    }
 
 
  } 
  open.close(); //close file
  cin.get(); //pause program
}
 
/*
 * Input: std::string
 * Returns: std::string
 * Purpose: To extract the characters between only ONE pair of quotes
 */
string quoteExtract (string line)
{
 
    int start,len; //Declare variables
 
    //string line = "description \"NightIRC service an rare constellation of stars\";";
 
    start =  line.find_first_of( "\"" ); //stores position of first quote
    len   =  line.rfind( "\"" );  //stores position of last quote
 
    //cout << "Found first quote at:";
    //cout << start;
    //cout << "\nFound second quote at:";
    //cout << len << "\n";
 
    string extract;
    extract =  line.substr( start + 1, ( len -( start + 1 ) ) ); 
    //extracts the characters between quotes
    return extract;
 
    //cin.get();
}
 
/* Extracts the first word in a file
 * Assumes no preceding whitespace before the
 * first word
 */
string extractFirstWord( string line )
{
   int start;
   start =  line.find_first_of( " " ); //stores position of first space
   string extract;
   extract =  line.substr( 0, start ); //extracts the first word
 
   return extract;
}