#include <fstream> #include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; ifstream file ( "file.csv" ); // declare file stream: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/ifstream/ string value; while (file.good()){ getline ( file, value, ';' ); // read a string until next comma: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/getline/ cout << string( value, 1, value.length()-2 ); // display value removing the first and the last character from it }