I find std::getline()
is often the simplest. The optional delimiter parameter means it’s not just for reading “lines”:
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int main() {
vector<string> strings;
istringstream f("denmark;sweden;india;us");
string s;
while (getline(f, s, ';')) {
cout << s << endl;
strings.push_back(s);
}
}