Problem writing data to file, fstream

[domon kashew]

hey guys, FIRST POST! Sorry had to, anywho. I'm having a problem with my programming homework. I have to have the user input some numbers and save them to a file, problem is the data just isn't being saved.

  #include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;
           
int main()
{
    int east1, east2, east3, east4;
           
    ofstream outFile;
    outFile.open("salesList.txt", ios::out);
    if(!outFile.is_open()){
                           cout << "Error opening sales list.\n\n";
                          }
                               
    cout << "Hello this is the accounting department. we need\n";
    cout << "the sales reports for the eastern Enron branch.\n";
    cout << "Please enter sales for all four quarters for each branch:\n";
    cout << "Eastern branch: 1st quarter: $" >> endl;
    cin >> east1;
    cout << "2nd quarter: $" >> endl;
    cin >> east2;
    cout << "3rd quarter: $" >> endl;
    cin >> east3;
    cout << "4th quarter: $" >> endl;
    cin >> east4;
    
    
    
outFile.close();
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
    
}

Any hope would be greatly appreciated.

[discofire]

What are you trying to save to the file? You are opening the file, printing a message to the console for the user and collecting the data, but I don't see anywhere that you are actually attempting to save anything to the file. "cout" is for the console. You opened a stream called "outfile", and continue to simply print to the console. Well... Sort of. You are using the wrong indirection before endl; so I'm surprised you aren't getting an error.

You need to add something like the following after you've collected the user data:
outfile << "1st quarter: $" << east1 << endl;

[SECMoG1T]

I agree with discofire , it seems you are just opening and closing the file
and doing nothing to it;


But well this is the code you might be needing;

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int east1, east2, east3, east4;

ofstream outFile;
outFile.open("salesList.txt", ios::out);
if(!outFile.is_open()){
cout << "Error opening sales list.\n\n"; /// can also use
/// if(outfile.fail())
}

cout << "Hello this is the accounting department. we need\n";
cout << "the sales reports for the eastern Enron branch.\n";
cout << "Please enter sales for all four quarters for each branch:\n";
cout << "Eastern branch: 1st quarter: $" << endl;
cin >> east1;
cout << "2nd quarter: $" << endl;
cin >> east2;
cout << "3rd quarter: $" << endl;
cin >> east3;
cout << "4th quarter: $" << endl;
cin >> east4;


///you missed these part;

outFile<<"1st quarter: $"<<east1<<endl;
outFile<<"2nd quarter: $"<<east2<<endl;
outFile<<"3rd quarter: $"<<east3<<endl;
outFile<<"4th quarter: $"<<east4<<endl;

outFile.close();
system("PAUSE");
return 0;

}

[SECMoG1T]

I agree with discofire , it seems you are just opening and closing the file
and doing nothing to it;

insert the following part between the cin >> east4 and outFile.close();


///you missed these part;

outFile<<"1st quarter: $"<<east1<<endl;
outFile<<"2nd quarter: $"<<east2<<endl;
outFile<<"3rd quarter: $"<<east3<<endl;
outFile<<"4th quarter: $"<<east4<<endl;