如果您不关心逗号和换行符的转义，
并且您不能在引号中嵌入逗号和换行符（如果您不能转义，那么。。。）
那么它只有大约三行代码（OK 14->，但是读取整个文件只有15行）。

std::vector<std::string> getNextLineAndSplitIntoTokens(std::istream& str)
{
    std::vector<std::string>   result;
    std::string                line;
    std::getline(str,line);

    std::stringstream          lineStream(line);
    std::string                cell;

    while(std::getline(lineStream,cell, ','))
    {
        result.push_back(cell);
    }
    // This checks for a trailing comma with no data after it.
    if (!lineStream && cell.empty())
    {
        // If there was a trailing comma then add an empty element.
        result.push_back("");
    }
    return result;
}

我只需创建一个表示行的类。
然后流到该对象:

#include <iterator>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

class CSVRow
{
    public:
        std::string const& operator[](std::size_t index) const
        {
            return m_data[index];
        }
        std::size_t size() const
        {
            return m_data.size();
        }
        void readNextRow(std::istream& str)
        {
            std::string         line;
            std::getline(str, line);

            std::stringstream   lineStream(line);
            std::string         cell;

            m_data.clear();
            while(std::getline(lineStream, cell, ','))
            {
                m_data.push_back(cell);
            }
            // This checks for a trailing comma with no data after it.
            if (!lineStream && cell.empty())
            {
                // If there was a trailing comma then add an empty element.
                m_data.push_back("");
            }
        }
    private:
        std::vector<std::string>    m_data;
};

std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& str, CSVRow& data)
{
    data.readNextRow(str);
    return str;
}   
int main()
{
    std::ifstream       file("plop.csv");

    CSVRow              row;
    while(file >> row)
    {
        std::cout << "4th Element(" << row[3] << ")\n";
    }
}

但只需做一点工作，我们就可以从技术上创建一个迭代器:

class CSVIterator
{   
    public:
        typedef std::input_iterator_tag     iterator_category;
        typedef CSVRow                      value_type;
        typedef std::size_t                 difference_type;
        typedef CSVRow*                     pointer;
        typedef CSVRow&                     reference;

        CSVIterator(std::istream& str)  :m_str(str.good()?&str:NULL) { ++(*this); }
        CSVIterator()                   :m_str(NULL) {}

        // Pre Increment
        CSVIterator& operator++()               {if (m_str) { if (!((*m_str) >> m_row)){m_str = NULL;}}return *this;}
        // Post increment
        CSVIterator operator++(int)             {CSVIterator    tmp(*this);++(*this);return tmp;}
        CSVRow const& operator*()   const       {return m_row;}
        CSVRow const* operator->()  const       {return &m_row;}

        bool operator==(CSVIterator const& rhs) {return ((this == &rhs) || ((this->m_str == NULL) && (rhs.m_str == NULL)));}
        bool operator!=(CSVIterator const& rhs) {return !((*this) == rhs);}
    private:
        std::istream*       m_str;
        CSVRow              m_row;
};


int main()
{
    std::ifstream       file("plop.csv");

    for(CSVIterator loop(file); loop != CSVIterator(); ++loop)
    {
        std::cout << "4th Element(" << (*loop)[3] << ")\n";
    }
}

使用Boost标记器的解决方案:

std::vector<std::string> vec;
using namespace boost;
tokenizer<escaped_list_separator<char> > tk(
   line, escaped_list_separator<char>('\\', ',', '\"'));
for (tokenizer<escaped_list_separator<char> >::iterator i(tk.begin());
   i!=tk.end();++i) 
{
   vec.push_back(*i);
}

我的版本使用的只是标准的C++11库。 它很好地处理了Excel CSV报价:

spam eggs,"foo,bar","""fizz buzz"""
1.23,4.567,-8.00E+09

代码被写成一个有限状态机，一次消耗一个字符。 我觉得这更容易讲道理。

#include <istream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

enum class CSVState {
    UnquotedField,
    QuotedField,
    QuotedQuote
};

std::vector<std::string> readCSVRow(const std::string &row) {
    CSVState state = CSVState::UnquotedField;
    std::vector<std::string> fields {""};
    size_t i = 0; // index of the current field
    for (char c : row) {
        switch (state) {
            case CSVState::UnquotedField:
                switch (c) {
                    case ',': // end of field
                              fields.push_back(""); i++;
                              break;
                    case '"': state = CSVState::QuotedField;
                              break;
                    default:  fields[i].push_back(c);
                              break; }
                break;
            case CSVState::QuotedField:
                switch (c) {
                    case '"': state = CSVState::QuotedQuote;
                              break;
                    default:  fields[i].push_back(c);
                              break; }
                break;
            case CSVState::QuotedQuote:
                switch (c) {
                    case ',': // , after closing quote
                              fields.push_back(""); i++;
                              state = CSVState::UnquotedField;
                              break;
                    case '"': // "" -> "
                              fields[i].push_back('"');
                              state = CSVState::QuotedField;
                              break;
                    default:  // end of quote
                              state = CSVState::UnquotedField;
                              break; }
                break;
        }
    }
    return fields;
}

/// Read CSV file, Excel dialect. Accept "quoted fields ""with quotes"""
std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> readCSV(std::istream &in) {
    std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> table;
    std::string row;
    while (!in.eof()) {
        std::getline(in, row);
        if (in.bad() || in.fail()) {
            break;
        }
        auto fields = readCSVRow(row);
        table.push_back(fields);
    }
    return table;
}