Parsing a inderterminate number of files

what is a good way to parse a bunch of txt files in C++, the constraints being

• you know the containing folder
• you have a template the names of the files XXXX - XXXX - YYYY/MM/DD - SECONDS_ELAPSED
• you dont know how many there will be (>1 deffinatly)

each file will be a csv file which will have its data parsed and sorted. If I can get the ifstreams I know how to do the rest, my only problem is a effecent way to get the correct files to open.


Any sugestions on code tips or libarys I should look at?

You can use FindFirstFile and FindNextFile functions.

This FAQ might help you.

Cheers

Try any Regular Expression parser library, for example, Regex from www.boost.org (http://www.boost.org/libs/regex/doc/index.html)