Problem With search a file and printing to screen

Hello,
First time posting

I have a problem with reading a file and printing it to the screen
the .dat file is as follows:

1 will smith 23_jabrone_drive NY
2 john doe 12_mount_ave NY
3 debbie renolds 33_old_farm_rd NY

What I want to do is be able to search the file and print out the information on the screen. The problem is, is that if I press in id 1 it will print out the string. However if I press 2 it will not print the record it will print just the number 2. Can some one please help me?
Here is the code i tried..

int StudentID() // Function : To show people ID
{

ifstream acctFile ("Accounts1.dat"); // This is the accounts database file
AccountRec acctRec;

int rec;

cout<< "Please enter students Private ID Number: "; //This gets retrieves the rec #.
cin >> rec;
acctFile >> rec >> acctRec.firstName
>> acctRec.lastName >> acctRec.address >>acctRec.state;

cout<<endl;
cout <<" Record Number: " << rec << endl;
cout <<" First Name: " << acctRec.firstName << endl;
cout <<" Last Name: " << acctRec.lastName<< endl;
cout <<" Home Street: " << acctRec.address << endl;
cout <<" State: " << acctRec.state << endl;


}

Code:

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acctFile >> rec >> acctRec.firstName
>> acctRec.lastName >> acctRec.address >>acctRec.state;

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You want to wrap that line with a loop which will loop as many times as the value of "rec".So if you user enter 2, the program reads the first record, and then the second record (overwriting the first one), go out of the loop and prints the last record read.
It's not the best solution at all since I don't know your coding level.
Welcome to C Board and please use code tags :)

Ok here is what I came up wtih but still the same problem.. Can you help me with the code which you explained I have a hard time understandig how to implement the code to read the complete line of one rec.

Ok here is what I cam up with but it still wont work correctly. I am close but cant figure it out.

<code>
int StudentID() // Function : To show people ID
{

ifstream acctFile ("Accounts1.dat"); // This is the accounts database file
AccountRec acctRec;

int rec;

cout<< "Please enter students Private ID Number: "; //This gets retrieves the rec #.
cin >> rec;


acctFile.seekg(rec);//This is jsut added but same problem still arrises

acctFile >> rec >> acctRec.socID >> acctRec.firstName
>> acctRec.lastName >> acctRec.phone >> acctRec.address
>> acctRec.town >>acctRec.state;

cout<<endl;
cout <<" Record Number: " << rec << endl;
cout <<" First Name: " << acctRec.firstName << endl;
cout <<" Last Name: " << acctRec.lastName<< endl;
cout <<" Home Street: " << acctRec.address << endl;
cout <<" State: " << acctRec.state << endl;

}

</code>

do you call the function StudentID() repeatedly from main. If so then you need to add these before start reading again

Code:

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is.clear();    // it's necessary if you previously read EOF
is.seekg (0, ios::beg);

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Text file you're reading from is not in binary form most likely so you can't just jump to the offset based on user input.
So just read from beginning of file everytime and loop (see my previous post)

Ok I was able to solve the problem with the number being printed out at the end of the list of results. BUt now I ran into another problem. Look at the code before to see what I am doing since Im not the best explainer. Well when I ran the first while loop I get the results I wanted however when the other while loop tires to execute to get the results I have to hit a number an enter the number of times that that rec number is..Almost like i am going through spaces. Forinstance i want record 3 so I enter three and hit enter..the first while loop executes and i get the results of name first last name and ex.. however to get the result for the second while loop I must hit a number and enter 3 times to get the rsults. Is there a way I can reset the values of spaces after teh first while loop so that it will automatically take in the record number which i entered in the beginning of the program and run through both loops..Also I have tried putting the second while loop in the first one but i get the same result and problem? Here is teh code I hope the code helps makes sence of my problem..Thank you to all.

Code:

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void FinancialRec(char rec)      //Reading and Printing Out Financial Records
{
  ifstream finaFile ("FinancialRec.dat");  //Input file
  ifstream acctFile ("Accounts1.dat");  // This is the accounts database file
  ifstream newFile ("Accounts2.dat");

  char z;
  const float Id1 = 5555;  //Password
  float record;
  char line[100];

 cout << "Welcome Please Enter Access Password" <<endl;
 cout << "Password: ";
 cin  >> record;
 cout << endl;
 if(record == Id1 )  //If password is correct continue
  {
    cout<< "Please enter students Private ID Number: ";  //This gets retrieves the rec #.
    cin >> rec;

while(!acctFile.eof())
{
    acctFile.getline(line,200);
    if(line[0]==rec)
    {

            acctFile.seekg((acctFile.tellg()-strlen(line)),ios::beg); //seek to the begginning of the line
            acctFile.getline(line,200,' '); //get everything up to the space
            cout << "Social Security #: " << line << endl;
            acctFile.getline(line,200,' ');
            cout << "First Name: " << line << endl;
            acctFile.getline(line,200,' '); //get everything up to the space
            cout << "Last Name: " << line << endl;
            acctFile.getline(line,200,' ');
            cout << "Phone Number: " << line << endl;
            acctFile.getline(line,200,' '); //get everything up to the space
            cout << "Home Street: " << line << endl;
            acctFile.getline(line,200,' ');
            cout << "Home Town: " << line << endl;
            acctFile.getline(line,200); //get everything up to the space
            cout << "State: " << line << endl;
                }
}

 while(!finaFile.eof())
{
    finaFile.getline(line,100);
    if(line[0]==rec)
    {

            finaFile.seekg((finaFile.tellg()-strlen(line)),ios::beg); //seek to the begginning of the line
            finaFile.getline(line,100,' '); //get everything up to the space
            cout << "Semester and Year: " << line << endl;
            finaFile.getline(line,100,' ');
            cout << "School's Total Tuition: " << line << endl;
            finaFile.getline(line,100,' '); //get everything up to the space
            cout << "Grant/Scholarship Money: " << line << endl;
            finaFile.getline(line,100,' ');
            cout << "School's Tech Fee: " << line << endl;
            finaFile.getline(line,100,' '); //get everything up to the space
            cout << "Payments Recieved/Paid: " << line << endl;
            finaFile.getline(line,100);
            cout << "Remaining Payments: " << line << endl;

    }
cin >>z;
}

}
  else
  {

  cout << "Sorry Wrong ID Number" <<endl;
  cin >> z;

  }

}

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