DUE TONIGHT!! Formatting table out to screen for money

[joshhazel]

Here is the code I have now, it should compile. The commented out portion explains HOW it should appear and also shows that I should be accomplishing this using setprecision, setw, and setiosflags.

1. Ive already read through the documentation/references on cplusplus.com
2. Ive already googled extensively
3. Ive asked 3 tutors at my school, each wasted an hour of my time with no solution
4. My assignment is due tonight with nobody else to ask for help!

#include <iostream>; //Input Output
#include <iomanip>; //Decimal precision / set width
using namespace std;

void main(){
//Set starting values
double balance = 10050; double payment = 500; double interestRate = 0.01; 
	
/*use the setprecision, setw and setiosflags defined in the <iomanip> to create the table and format it so the pennies align...  
example:
	
Month Balance	Interest	Payment
$10050.00	$100.50		$500.00
$ 9650.50	$ 96.51		$500.00
$ 9247.01	$ 92.47		$500.00
$ 8839.48	$ 88.39		$500.00
*/

cout << setw(13) << "Month Balance" << setw(13) << "Interest" << setw(13) << "Payment" << endl; //Header 

for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++){
	interest = balance * interestRate; //Set interest amount

	cout //<< setiosflags(std::ios_base::left) 
		<< fixed << setprecision(2) << "$" << balance 
		<< setw(12) << setprecision(2) << "$" << interest
		<< setw(12) << fixed << setprecision(2) << "$" << payment
		<< endl; 

	balance = balance + interest - payment; //Increment amounts
}}//end  

[JAY6390]

Try this

#include <iostream>; //Input Output
#include <iomanip>; //Decimal precision / set width
using namespace std;

void main(){
	double balance = 10050;
	double payment = 500;
	double interestRate = 0.01;
	double interest;

	cout << "Month balance\tInterest\tPayment" << endl; // Header
	cout << setiosflags(ios::right);

	for (int i=0; i < 4; i++) {
		interest = balance * interestRate; // Set interest amount

		cout	<< fixed << "$" << setw(8) << setprecision(2) << balance
				<< "\t$" << setw(6) << setprecision(2) << interest
				<< "\t\t$" << setw(6) << setprecision(2) << payment
				<< endl;

		balance = balance + interest - payment;
	}
}

[joshhazel]

That worked great, thanks!