output to a .txt file. trouble

[kittycat]

I am trying to write the output to a .txt file. I have the following code

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

//Function prototypes
int numberEmployees();
int numberDays(int);
double averageDays(int, int);

int main()
{
//Declaring variables
int employees;
int total;
double average;
ofstream output;

//Function call for first function
employees = numberEmployees();

//Function call for second function
total = numberDays(employees);

//Function call for last function prototype
average = averageDays(employees, total);


//Performing output by main function
cout<< "The average number of days a company's employees are absent is: " <<average<<endl;
output.open("C:\\CS140\\Project 3\\output.txt");
system("pause");
return 0;
}

//Function header for number of employees
int numberEmployees()
{
int workers;
cout<<"Enter the number of employees in the company: ";
cin>>workers;

//Input validation
while(workers<=1)
{
cout<<" Do not accept number less than 1. Please, enter again: ";
cin>>workers;
}
return workers;
}

//Function header for the number of days
int numberDays(int w)
{
int workers = w;
int total = 0;
int absent;
//Creating a loop for every employees' missed days
for (int count=0; count<workers; count++)
{
cout <<"Enter the number of days each employee missed during past year: "<<count+1<<endl;
cin >>absent;
total+=absent;

//Input Validation
while (absent<0)
{
cout<<"Please, do not enter negative number! Try again: ";
cin>>absent;
}

}
return total;
}

//Function header for average number of days absent
double averageDays (int work, int totl)
{
int w = work;
int t = totl;
double aver;

aver=(w*365)/t;
return aver;
}

I don't see the output file when I navigate to my C:\ drive. I have also tried refining my search to "output". still no luck. any suggestions ? Have I placed the code in the right area ?

[algorithmic]

use outfile instead of cout - when you are wanting to send something to a file

[D3pGNwbp]

When opening the file, I would just do 'output.open("output.txt");'. It should automatically save to the location of where your project is saved. And your not actually putting anything into the file, your just creating an empty one.

[kittycat]

Still can't get it to work :( .. can somebody run it ?

[kittycat]

And I don't want to create an empty one.. I want to put the output itself on the file

[Ssturges]

So I was just reading your code, before I run it, I want to ask you what are you trying to output to the file?, at the end I see that you are opening a file, but you are not trying to write to the file anywhere.

for example I didn't see anything like:

output << average;

and to make sure things save, you might want to close the file after you write to it to save changes etc.

output.close();

let me know what you are trying to write, or if that works, then I will run it

[kittycat]

Hey ! It works ! Thank You :)
I have included both output << average; and output.close;
I have the average as an output text file Now. Do you know how would I be able to have the entire console on the txt file ?

[Ssturges]

The entire console, if you want to display everything from your console to your text file, I would just take the .

output.open("C:\\CS140\\Project 3\\output.txt");

and put it on line 17 instead of where it currently is, so you will have something that looks like:

ofstream output;
output.open("C:\\CS140\\Project 3\\output.txt");

and I'm not sure where you wrote the output.close(), but I would keep that write before the return 0;

and where ever you have cout in the "main" function, change it to output.

but only the following will be sent to the file:


The average number of days a company's employees are absent is: (average)-variable


if you wanted, I guess you could change all the cout, to output, but then the user wouldn't know what to enter inside the console.

[kittycat]

Makes perfect sense !
I have used the output to display only the average on the txt file.
Thank You so much for your help :) :*