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Splitting a character array into strings
std::istringstream iss(the_array);
std::string f1, f2, f3, f4;
iss >> f1 >> f2 >> f3 >> f4;

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

int main()
{
   // Your files are here, separated by 3 spaces for example.
   std::string s("picture1.bmp   file2.txt   random.wtf   dance.png");

   // The stringstream will do the dirty work and deal with the spaces.
   std::istringstream iss(s);

   // Your filenames will be put into this vector.
   std::vector<std::string> v;

   // Copy every filename to a vector.
   std::copy(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(iss),
    std::istream_iterator<std::string>(),
    std::back_inserter(v));

   // They are now in the vector, print them or do whatever you want with them!
   for(int i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i)
    std::cout << v[i] << "n";
}

std::vector<std::string> filenames;
std::string the_array("picture1.bmp   file2.txt   random.wtf   dance.png");
std::istringstream iss(the_array);

while (iss.good())
{
    std::string s;
    iss >> s;
    if (s.length() > 0)
    {
        filenames.push_back(s);
    }
}

for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = filenames.begin();
     i != filenames.end();
     i++)
{
    std::cout << *i << "n";
}