I have to parse through a long string and assign the parts of the string to different variables. I did this in a very roundabout way, which works just fine, but doesn't read as well as I would like. Is there a more efficient way to loop through this?

What I'm doing is starting at the first index of the studentdata array, stopping at where there are commas and then storing what is between them until I reach the end of each string.

```
int rhs = studentData.find(","); 
string studentID = studentData.substr(0, rhs);

int lhs = rhs + 1;
rhs = studentData.find(",", lhs);
string firstName = studentData.substr(lhs, rhs - lhs);

lhs = rhs + 1;
rhs = studentData.find(",", lhs);
string lastName = studentData.substr(lhs, rhs - lhs);

lhs = rhs + 1;
rhs = studentData.find(",", lhs);
string eMail = studentData.substr(lhs, rhs - lhs);

lhs = rhs + 1;
rhs = studentData.find(",", lhs);
int age = stoi(studentData.substr(lhs, rhs - lhs));

lhs = rhs + 1;
rhs = studentData.find(",", lhs);
int daysInCourse1 = stoi(studentData.substr(lhs, rhs - lhs));

lhs = rhs + 1;
rhs = studentData.find(",", lhs);
int daysInCourse2 = stoi(studentData.substr(lhs, rhs - lhs));

lhs = rhs + 1;
rhs = studentData.find(",", lhs);
int daysInCourse3 = stoi(studentData.substr(lhs, rhs - lhs));

lhs = rhs + 1;
rhs = studentData.find(",", lhs);
to_string(degreeProgram) = studentData.substr(lhs, rhs - lhs);

```

Examples of the strings to parse:

```
    "A1,John,Smith,John1989@gm ail.com,20,30,35,40,SECURITY",
    "A2,Suzan,Erickson,Erickson_1990@gmailcom,19,50,30,40,NETWORK",

```

I appreciate any feedback or forwarding to different sources that may provide better insight.