File I/O Sorting Months

Efficiency is my problem here.
I have a text file(10mb) that at (535,2) (on each line) it has a two digit code for the month. I need to make a separate file to break each month into its own file not all rows will probably be in the same file but could. Before the while loop I defined ofstream date01-date12. Exactly like this:

Code:

ofstream date01,date02,date03,date04,date05,date06,
date07,date08,date09,date10,date11,date12;
while ( getline(source2,s2Line) )  
    {        
        cout<<s2Line.substr(535,2)<<"  ";
        if ("01" ==s2Line.substr(535,2))
        {
            if (!date01)
                      ofstream date01("January.all");
            date01<<s2Line<<endl;
            g++;
        }

        if ("02" ==s2Line.substr(535,2))
        {
            if (!date02)
                ofstream date02("Febuary.all");
            date02<<s2Line<<endl;
            g++;
        }
ETC......

With this code the files are made only when the if statement is satisfied but nothing is written to them. While testing I have defined each month with its own file before the while but then I open 12 months when only three might be needed.
Any suggestion? If I was unclear let me know.

Try:

Code:

if (!date01.is_open())
    date01.open("January.all");
date01<<s2Line<<endl;

Let's look at a sample from your posted code and examine why this is happening:

Code:

ofstream date01;

...

if ("01" ==s2Line.substr(535,2))
{
    if (!date01)
        ofstream date01("January.all");
    date01<<s2Line<<endl;
    g++;
}

The line in red above creates a completely new ofstream object from the one declared in the line in blue. The one in red only has scope within that single line statement. The line in red has the effect of opening and closing immediately. This ofstream object has nothing to do with the one declared in blue. Since the object in red only has scope in that one line where it is created, the line below where you attempt to write to the file is actually refering to the ofstream object in blue (the one you NEVER open). This is why nothing is ever written to the file.

This looks like it needs an array or two.
Something along these lines perhaps

Code:

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

using namespace std;

int main ( ) {
    char *filenames[] = {
        "january.all", "february.all",
    };
    ofstream files[12];
    ifstream source2;
    string s2Line;
    int g = 0;

    while ( getline(source2,s2Line) )
    {
        cout<<s2Line.substr(535,2)<<"  ";
        istringstream foo(s2Line.substr(535,2));
        int month;
        foo >> month;
        month--;    // convert from 1..12 to 0..11
        if ( !files[month] ) files[month].open(filenames[month]);
        files[month] << s2Line << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

I knew something must have been going on with scope... hk_mp5kpdw used your suggestions with Salem's way of doing it works great now.
Thanks again!