Bool array and ofstream

[noaboa]

I have been programming c++ for around half a year. And im trying to write to another file with a bool. I cant figure out how to just output what I have written to the txt file. Sorry for my english it isnt my mother tongue. Heres my code:

int main(){
	system("cls");
	std::cout << "1. Add ingredient" << std::endl;
	std::cout << "2. Delete ingredient" << std::endl;
	std::cout << "3. Show you ingrediens" << std::endl;
	std::cout << "4. Show recipies" << std::endl;
	std::cout << "5. Exit" << std::endl;

	int choice;
	std::cin >> choice;

	switch (choice)
	{
	case 1:
		add();
		break;
	case 2:
		deleteIngredient();
		break;
	case 3:
		showIngredient();
		break;
	case 4:
		showRecipies();
	}
}

void add(){
	system("cls");
	const int maxIngredients = 10; // max ingredients
	std::string ingredients[maxIngredients]{  /*kjøtt*/  "beef", "chicken", "pork", "lamb", "rabbit",
		/*fisk*/  "salmon", "tuna"}; // ingredients
	bool hasingredient[maxIngredients] {}; //bool for ingredients
	bool exit = false; // exit request
	std::cout << "Welcome, type your ingredients " << std::endl;
	while (!exit){
		std::string yourIngredients;
		std::cin >> yourIngredients;
		std::string txtname = "YourIngredients.txt";
		std::ofstream ingredientsList(txtname);
		ingredientsList << "Your ingredients are: " << std::endl;
		int i;
		for (i = 0; i < maxIngredients; i++)
			if (yourIngredients == ingredients[i]){
				yourIngredients[i] = true; // <================ set flag of indegrient
				if (yourIngredients[i] = true){
					std::cout << "You have choosen " << ingredients[i] << std::endl;
					ingredientsList << ingredients[i] << std::endl;
				}
				break;
				ingredientsList.close();
			}
			
		if (i == maxIngredients){
			if (yourIngredients == "Exit" || yourIngredients == "exit")
			{
				exit = true;
			}
		}
	} 

}

[coder777]

Please use code tags: [code]Your code[/code]
Read this: http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/z13hAqkS/

In void add(){:
This if (yourIngredients[i] = true){ sets yourIngredients[i] to true the second time, which is entirely useless

This

break;
ingredientsList.close();

ends the loop after the first iteration, i.e. there's basically no loop.

[noaboa]

Ive tried to make it in another loop but still didnt work.

[coder777]

So you want that the content of the file is discarded when you write the data in add()?

if so use trunc:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/fstream/ofstream/ofstream/

[noaboa]

No, I want to continue on what is allready writen in the txt file.

[coder777]

Then use std::ofstream::app in the constructor on line 40.