creating a file to read other files to extract data

Let's say, I have 3 files, one which is a masterfile which contains the name of 2 other files I want to read data from.

For instance:

//Masterfile.txt

abc.txt
xyz.txt

//abc.txt

Time
0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04

//xyz.txt

Money
100
200
300
400

How do I create an input stream such that I can read just the masterfile, which in turns read abc.txt and xyz.txt and put time and money into arrays??

Thank you.

 

Pseudo-code

Code:

Open masterfile for reading
While not EOF (masterfile)
   read item as filename
   open filename for reading
   read item from filename as filetype (money/time)
   set data index to zero
   While not EOF (filename)
      read item from filename as data
      store data in filetype_array [index]
      increment index
   end while
   close filename
end while
close masterfile