So close - At my wits end!! Void function help

I have a project that deals with calculating the best day for business using a void function found near the end of the code. Only problem is it won't pass anything and I have sat for hours trying to figure out what exactly is wrong with my program. I am a beginner programmer, can anyone help me out? I'm going crazy with this thing.

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#include "stdafx.h" 
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>  
#include <string>
#include <cmath>


const int NUM_MENU_ITEMS = 20; //all the constants needed for the entire program up here
const int ORDERS = 100;
const double PA_SALES_TAX = 1.06;


struct Menu_Items //structuring the menu.txt
		{
			string Item;
			double Price;
		};

struct Orders //structures the orders.txt
		{
			string Menu_Item_Ordered;
			string Day_of_Week;
			string CustomerID;
			int Quantity;
			int Line_Item_Total;

		};

void ProfitableDay(Orders Orders_Total[], Menu_Items The_Items_List[]);


double GetPrice( Menu_Items [] , string ); //for the getprice function down below

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

	Menu_Items Menu_List[NUM_MENU_ITEMS];
	int i = 0;

	ifstream InFileMenu;
	InFileMenu.open("Menu.txt");
	ifstream InFileorders;
	InFileorders.open("Orders.txt");

	

	

	if ( InFileMenu.fail() ) //this section reads and loads the menu.txt and either outputs it in cout or tells you the file isn't found
	{
		cout << "The menu file was NOT successfully opened!" << endl;
		cout << "Please ensure that the file exists." << endl;
	}
	else
	{
		cout << "The menu file was sucessfully opened!\n\n" << " WELCOME TO CHRISTIANs\n" << setw(10) << "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" << endl;


		string Item;
		double Price;

		while (InFileMenu >> Item >> Price) //assigning values to menu.txt strings
		{
			cout << setw(20) << Item << setw(10) << " ------------- $" << Price << endl;
			Menu_List[i].Item = Item;
			Menu_List[i].Price = Price;
			i++;

		}
		cout << setw(10) << "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" << endl;
		cin.ignore();

	}


	Orders Orders_Placed[ORDERS];
	int Orders_Index = 0;
	

	if (InFileorders.fail()) //this section reads and loads the orders.txt and either outputs it in cout or tells you the file isn't found
	{
		cout << "The order file was NOT successfully opened!\n" << endl;
		cout << "Please ensure that the file exists." << endl;
	}
	else
	{
		cout << "The order file was sucessfully opened!\n" << setw(10) << "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" << endl;

		

		string Menu_Item_Ordered, Day_of_Week, Customer_ID;
		int Quantity, Max = 0, Num_of_Orders, Line_Item_Total;
		
		
		while ( InFileorders >> Menu_Item_Ordered >> Quantity >> Day_of_Week >> Customer_ID ) //assignes values to orders.txt strings
		{
			
			cout << Day_of_Week << " - " << Quantity << " order(s) of " << setw(20) << Menu_Item_Ordered << setw(20) << " ID: " << Customer_ID << endl;
			cout << setw(10) << "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" << endl;

			Orders_Placed[Orders_Index].Menu_Item_Ordered = Menu_Item_Ordered;
			Orders_Placed[Orders_Index].Quantity = Quantity;
			Orders_Placed[Orders_Index].Day_of_Week = Day_of_Week;
			Orders_Placed[Orders_Index].CustomerID = Customer_ID;
			Orders_Index++;

			if (Orders_Index > Max)
			{
				Max = Orders_Index;
				Num_of_Orders = Orders_Index;
			}
			
		}
		cin.ignore();
		system("pause");
	
			
		 for (i = 0; i < Num_of_Orders; ++i) //Line Item Total adds up the total spent per order line
		 {
			
			 Line_Item_Total = Orders_Placed[i].Quantity * GetPrice(Menu_List, Orders_Placed[i].Menu_Item_Ordered) * PA_SALES_TAX;
			Orders_Placed[i].Line_Item_Total = Line_Item_Total;
			
			cout << "The line item total for " << Orders_Placed[i].Quantity << " " << setw(20) << Orders_Placed[i].Menu_Item_Ordered << setw(20) << " comes to $" << fixed << setprecision(2) << Orders_Placed[i].Line_Item_Total << endl;
				
		 }


	}
	
	void ProfitableDay(Orders[], Menu_Items[]); //supposed to call your void function
{ 
	cout << "\nThe Most Profitable Day is "<<  "Best_Day" << endl; //snagged here???

	
	
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}
}

double GetPrice( Menu_Items Menu[], string Item) //this function calculates the prices of the items
{
	int i = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < NUM_MENU_ITEMS; ++i)
	if (Menu[i].Item == Item)
		return Menu[i].Price;
		
}

void ProfitableDay(Orders Orders_Total[], Menu_Items The_Items_List[])
{
	double MonTotals = {0};  
	double TueTotals = {0}; 
	double WedTotals = {0}; 
	double ThuTotals = {0};  
	double FriTotals = {0}; 
	double SatTotals = {0}; 
	double SunTotals = {0}; 
	//int i;
	string Item;


	
	for(int i = 0; i < ORDERS; i++ ) //this is supposed to total up the money made per day.
	{
		if( Orders_Total[i].Day_of_Week == "Mon")
		{
			Item = Orders_Total[i].Menu_Item_Ordered;
			MonTotals += ( GetPrice( The_Items_List, Item )  *  Orders_Total[i].Quantity);
		}
		if( Orders_Total[i].Day_of_Week == "Tue")
		{
			Item = Orders_Total[i].Menu_Item_Ordered;
			TueTotals += (GetPrice( The_Items_List, Item )  *  Orders_Total[i].Quantity);
		}
		if( Orders_Total[i].Day_of_Week == "Wed")
		{
			Item = Orders_Total[i].Menu_Item_Ordered;
			WedTotals += (GetPrice( The_Items_List, Item )  *  Orders_Total[i].Quantity);
		}
		if( Orders_Total[i].Day_of_Week == "Thu")
		{
			Item = Orders_Total[i].Menu_Item_Ordered;
			ThuTotals += (GetPrice( The_Items_List, Item )  *  Orders_Total[i].Quantity);
		}
		if( Orders_Total[i].Day_of_Week == "Fri")
		{
			Item = Orders_Total[i].Menu_Item_Ordered;
			FriTotals += (GetPrice( The_Items_List, Item )  *  Orders_Total[i].Quantity);
		}
		if( Orders_Total[i].Day_of_Week == "Sat")
		{
			Item = Orders_Total[i].Menu_Item_Ordered;
			SatTotals += (GetPrice( The_Items_List, Item )  *  Orders_Total[i].Quantity);
		}
		if( Orders_Total[i].Day_of_Week == "Sun")
		{
			Item = Orders_Total[i].Menu_Item_Ordered;
			SunTotals += (GetPrice( The_Items_List, Item )  *  Orders_Total[i].Quantity);
		}
	}

double Best_Day = 0;
double Previous_Best_Day = 0; //this section here is supposed to find the best day comparing totals per all the days.

	do
	{
		Previous_Best_Day = Best_Day;

	if( MonTotals > SunTotals )
	{
		Best_Day = MonTotals;
	}

	if( TueTotals > MonTotals )
	{
		Best_Day = TueTotals;
	}

	if( WedTotals > TueTotals )
	{
		Best_Day = WedTotals;
	}

	if( ThuTotals > WedTotals )
	{
		Best_Day = ThuTotals;
	}

	if( FriTotals > ThuTotals )
	{
		Best_Day = FriTotals;
	}

	if( SatTotals > FriTotals )
	{
		Best_Day = SatTotals;
	}

	if( SunTotals > SatTotals )
	{
		Best_Day = SunTotals;
	}
	}
	while( Best_Day != Previous_Best_Day);

	return;
}


Thanks in advance.
closed account (j3Rz8vqX)
This is what you did:
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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void something()
{
    cout<<"It did something"<<endl;
}
int main()
{
    void something();
    {
        cout<<"It did nothing"<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}


You would get:
It did nothing
, every time.

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	void ProfitableDay(Orders[], Menu_Items[]); //supposed to call your void function
{ 
	cout << "\nThe Most Profitable Day is "<<  "Best_Day" << endl; //snagged here???

	
	
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}


A correct approach would be:
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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void something()
{
    cout<<"It did something"<<endl;
}

int main()
{
    something();
    //{
        cout<<"It did nothing"<<endl;
    //}
    return 0;
}


This would produce:
cout<<"It did something"<<endl;
and
cout<<"It did nothing"<<endl;


Basically, remove the void on line 133.

Have a good day.
Do I then change line 133 it to..

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	ProfitableDay(Orders[], Menu_Items[]);
	
	cout << "\nThe Most Profitable Day is "<<  "Best_Day" << endl; 
	
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}


or replace whats in the parenthesis to
ProfitableDay(Orders Orders_Total[], Menu_Items The_Items_List[]);
closed account (j3Rz8vqX)
You're passing them your arrays not your data types =D

The correct values:
ProfitableDay(Orders_Placed, Menu_List);

The underlined are the data types, the bold are the arrays:
Orders Orders_Placed[ORDERS];

Menu_Items Menu_List[NUM_MENU_ITEMS];

And when passing arrays, you pass their names exclusive of their index brackets.

Have a good day.
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