Writing to file on each input

Hi :)

I'm writing a program for a school project for generating Pay Slips. Here's the code

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;
int main(void)
{
char name[30];
char surname[30];
char id[30];
double hourrate;
char hourratechar[30];
int numhour;
char numhourchar[10];
char taxcredit[10];
float taxoutput;
float basicpay;
float overtime;
float grosspay;
float natins;

cout <<"Please enter your name"<<endl;
do
{
cin.getline(name,40);
 if(strlen(name) > 30)
  {
      cout<<"Error please enter sufficient characters"<<endl;
  }
  }while(strlen(name) > 30);

cout <<"Please enter your surname"<<endl;
do
{
cin.getline(surname,40);
if(strlen(surname) > 30)
  {
      cout<<"Error please enter sufficient characters"<<endl;
  }
  }while(strlen(surname) > 30);

cout <<"Please enter your ID"<<endl;
do
{
cin.getline(id,15);
if(strlen(id) > 5)
  {
      cout<<"Error please enter 5 numbers or less"<<endl;
  }
  }while(strlen(id) > 5);

cout <<"Please enter your hourly rate"<<endl;
cin.getline(hourratechar,30);
hourrate= atof(hourratechar);

do
{
cout <<"Please enter the number of hours you work"<<endl;
cin.getline(numhourchar,30);
numhour= atoi(numhourchar);
if(numhour > 60)
        {
        cout<<"Error please enter 60 hours or less"<<endl;
        }   
 }while(numhour > 60);

    if (numhour<=39)
{
  basicpay=numhour*hourrate;
}
else
{
  basicpay=39*hourrate;
}

    if (overtime <= 39){
  overtime = 0;
  }
else
    if (overtime > 39) {
      overtime=numhour*hourrate*1.5;
      }
             
grosspay=basicpay+overtime;

cout <<"Please enter whether you get tax credits or not"<<endl;
cin.getline(taxcredit,10);
    if (taxcredit[0]== 'y')
    {
        taxoutput=grosspay*0.22;
    }
  else
    {
        taxoutput=grosspay*0.20;
    }

natins=grosspay*0.11;

cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"The employee entered the following information:"<<endl;
cout <<"Their name" <<endl<<name;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"Their surname" <<endl<<surname;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"Their ID" <<endl<<id;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"Their Hour Rate" <<endl<<hourrate;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"Their Working Hours" <<endl<<numhour;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"Their Basic Pay" <<endl<<basicpay;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"Their Overtime Pay" <<endl<<overtime;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"Their Gross Pay" <<endl<<grosspay;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"Their Tax Credits" <<endl<<taxoutput;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<"National Insurance" <<endl<<natins;
cout <<""<<endl;
cout <<""<<endl;

system("pause");
}

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I was just wondering on all the cin.getline inputs how would you go about writing it to a basic text file. I've found the basic info but I can't seem to put it to good use.

Cheers

Tom Evans

Writing what to a text file?

Hi

Sorry if I was not clear

for example:

the line

Code:

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cin.getline(name,40);

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when you input a name how would you write it to a text file

Cheers

Tom Evans

I still don't get it. Do you want the program to read the input from a text file you've previously written, or do you want the program to echo all input to a text file?

Hi

Sorry for all this hassle

For example when I type in

Name : Joe
Surname : Bloggs
ID : 84744
Num of Hours Worked - 33

and the rest of the inputs it comes up with a list of outputs such as gross pay, net pay, national insurance which have been worked out from the inputs.

I would like all of the outputs to be saved to a text file to be viewed at a later date.

I hope this explains it a bit better

Apologies that this differs from my original question

I have uploaded the program for to you look at

http://rapidshare.de/files/11568782/...rator.exe.html

Tom Evans

It's very simple. Just create an ofstream object:

Code:

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ofstream outfile("result.txt");

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Then replace the cout in all output statements with outfile. (Or duplicate the output statements, once with cout and once with outfile, if you want to display it immediately AND write it to a file.)

Cheers buddy ;)

1 more thing

When you input some different details how can you make it so that it doesn't overwrite the orginal details and is just added to the file along with the other details

Tom Evans

ofstream outfile("result.txt", ofstream::ate);

This opens the file in append mode.