output file

i need help with my output statement dont know if its correct .. reading data file is ok .. but want to know how to send results to and output file .. please help

// DATAFILE
//------------------------------------------------------
// data file "depostit.txt"

ifstream infile ("c:/deposit.txt",ios::in);
if(!infile)
{cerr << endl << "file not opened" << endl;
exit(1);
}

while(!infile.eof())
{infile >> cust[i].fname;
infile >> cust[i].lname;
infile >> cust[i].acct;
infile >> cust[i].amt;
i++;
}

// OUTPUT FILE
//------------------------------------------------------
//output file call "output.txt"

ofstream outfile ("c:/output.txt",ios:ut);
if(!outfile)
{cerr << endl << "file not opened" << endl;
exit(1);
}

while(!outfile.eof())
{outfile >> cust[i].fname;
outfile >> cust[i].lname;
outfile >> cust[i].acct;
outfile >> cust[i].amt;
i++;
}

For the most part you have it correct. You're going to have a change a few things around.

This is the only part that needs fixing:

Code:

while(!outfile.eof()) 
{outfile >> cust[ i ].fname; 
outfile >> cust[ i ].lname; 
outfile >> cust[ i ].acct; 
outfile >> cust[ i ].amt; 
i++; 
}

First off, you should not have a loop to check for the end of the file, because with fstream I don't think the file ever ends when you write to it, I think it just keeps expanding it. So just make it a for loop if you really need to increment the i variable.

Second off, your ">>" keyword is pointing the wrong way. It should be pointing outfile ("<<").

So here is what I would write the code to look like:

Code:

for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{outfile << cust[ i ].fname; 
outfile << cust[ i ].lname; 
outfile << cust[ i ].acct; 
outfile << cust[ i ].amt; 
i++; 
}

Hope this helps