Files problem

Mar 30, 2015 at 7:09pm
thebossman (20)
I am trying to get this program to open the file and output the info onto the screen. I created a file on visual studio and another one on my desktop but both won't open. I keep getting the error message "Bad file". I even tried dragging the file onto the screen but it still keeps giving me the error. I am not sure what is causing the problem because I feel like I am inputting the file name correctly.

The file contains this information:

Joseph Kardian III
1500 4 6
Joe Karlton
3000.00 4 6
Nancy Brown
6780 6 -10

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cmath>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	
	string full_name, file_name;
	cout << " Program Number 2" << endl;
	cout << " Joe Blake" << endl;
	cout << " Computer Science 1" << endl << endl;
	ifstream fin;

	cout << " Enter file name including the path: ";
	getline(cin, file_name);
	fin.open(file_name.c_str());

	if(fin.fail())
	{
		cout << "Bad file. " << endl;
		exit(0);
	}
	getline(fin, full_name);
	double initial_amount;
	int years_wished, compound_yearly;
	while (!fin.eof())
	{
		fin >> initial_amount >> compound_yearly >> years_wished;
		double interestrate, final_amount, interest_earned;
				if (years_wished >= 5)
					interestrate = .045;
				else if (years_wished >= 4)
					interestrate = .04;
				else if (years_wished >= 3)
					interestrate = .035;
				else if (years_wished >= 2)
					interestrate = .025;
				else if (years_wished >= 1)
					interestrate = .02;
				else
					interestrate = .015;
				cout << showpoint << fixed << setprecision(2);
				final_amount = initial_amount * pow((double)(1 + (interestrate / compound_yearly)), (compound_yearly*years_wished));
				interest_earned = final_amount - initial_amount;
				cout << left << setw(15) << "\n\nName" << setw(10) << "Years" << setw(20) << "Deposit Amount" << setw(20) << "Interest Earned" << " Total" << endl;
				cout << setfill('-') << setw(73) << "" << setfill(' ') << endl;
				cout << setfill('-') << setw(73) << "" << setfill(' ') << endl;
				cout << left << setw(15) << full_name << setw(8) << years_wished << "$" << setw(19) << initial_amount << "$" << setw(20) << interest_earned << "$" << final_amount << endl << endl;
				fin.ignore(100, '\n');
				getline(fin, full_name);
	}
	cout << "Thank you for using tax program. Have a nice day." << endl << endl;
	fin.close();
	return 0;
}
Edit & run on cpp.sh
Mar 30, 2015 at 7:40pm
TarikNeaj (2580)
Put the file inside your project see if that helps. Also, you never want to do this

Edit: cool :)
Last edited on Mar 30, 2015 at 7:44pm
Mar 30, 2015 at 7:42pm
thebossman (20)
What I ended up doing was creating a text file in Visual Studio and saving it into my desktop. Then I ran the program and dragged the file from my desktop into the program and it worked!
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