C++ :: Getting Data From Excel - CSV File Or Data Library?

I am very very new to C++. A bit of background. I have been writing in excel vba for large number crunching, and the code is now taking quite a while to run. A friend of mine suggested i start writing in C++, so i read up on it. And downloaded Code:Blocks.

My VBA Code is:

Sub arrayss()
Dim NameArray As Variant
Dim datarray As Byte
Dim DirectionArray As Variant
Dim WinArr As Variant

[Code] .....

Ultimately i would like to recode this to C++, but my first and probably silly question is how do i get the data from Excel to use in C++. I was thinking either to put the data in 3 csv files and convert into three Arrays in C++. Or maybe create a library of the data in C++. Ultimately it is speed i am looking for, so before i start recoding i wanted to start with the best way.

The data is like this in excel: (don't know how to create a table)

ABC DCA GFE THE
15 0 1 0 1
30 1 0 1 0
45 1 1 0
00 0 0 1
15 1 1 0
15 1 0 0 1
15 0 1 1 1
30 1 0 0
45 1 1 1

So the headers would be in one array, the 15's, 30's etc would be in another array and the 1's and 0's and Empty ( i need it to record an empty cell) would be in another array...