I have a CSV file with a bunch of columns, but I only need the information for the 11th column. How do I read through each line and skip to the 11th column and then store those values in a vector? I'm struggling to find clear information on how to read files in c++. This is what I have so far:
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<vector>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
std::string readStock(std::string fileName){
std::vector<std::string> ticker; //create vector
std::ifstream f(fileName, std::ios::in|std::ios:: binary|std::ios::ate);
std::string finalString = "";
if(f.is_open()){
std::string str;
std::getline(f,str); //skip the first row
while(std::getline(f,str)){ //read each line
std::istringstream s(str); //stringstream to parse csv
std::string val; //string to hold value
for(int i=1;i<=10;++i){ //skips everything until we get to the
column that we want
while(std::getline(s,val, ',')){
}
std::getline(s,val,',');
ticker.push_back(val);
}
f.close();
finalString = ticker.front();
}
}
else{
finalString="Could not open the file properly.";
}
return finalString;
}
int main(){
std::string st;
st=readStock("pr.csv");
std::cout<<st<<std::endl;
return 0;
}