string filename = "file.dat";
    fstream infile(filename);
    string line;
    while (getline(infile, line)) {
        string item;
        stringstream ss(line);
        vector<string> splittedString;
        while (getline(ss, item, '|')) {
            splittedString.push_back(item);
        }
        int a = stoi(splittedString[0]);
        // I do some processing like this before some manipulation and calculations with the data
    }