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Output not showing up in textfile when using out_data

Kaelure (10)
This program takes code from a file cost.txt and output some calculations and then writes the output to a file cost.out
cost.txt looks like this

Books 45.01
Pens 21.03
Pencils 10.90
Hats 50.00
Caps 800.00
Food 1.00

When I run my code I get all the correct formatting and output, but when I look at the file it's printed it looks like this

****************************************************
****************************************************
******** S A L E S R E C E I P T ********
****************************************************
** ** ** ** **
** Item Names ** ** Price ** Tax **
****************************************************
****************************************************
** Total Price $ 927.94 **
** Total Sales Tax $ 55.68 **
** ----------- **
** Grand Total $ 983.62 **
** **
****************************************************
****************************************************

You can see that the area where the item names price and tax on that item is supposed to go doesnt show up. I can only assume that its from this line

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for (int cat = 0; cnt <count; cat++)

{
 out_data << "**   "<< itemArray[cnt] <<setw(20-itemArray[cnt].length()) <<  "$" <<setw(8)<<  costArray[cnt] << "        $" << setw(5) << taxArray[cnt] <<"   **"<<endl;

}

But I don't understand why because I have another program that does printing similar to this and it also uses a for loop, but it actually prints the output to the text file.

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//CALCULATE SALES ITEMS FROM FILE
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
float totalPrice = 0;
float totalSalesTax = 0;
float grandTotal = 0;
string itemArray[999];
float  costArray[999];
float taxArray[999];
char runAgain;

do
{//RunAgain loop

//open file
	ifstream salesFile("cost.txt");
	
	if(!salesFile)//Check if opened
	{
		cout << "Couldn't open file!" <<endl;
	}

int count = 0;
//store data from files in array
while (salesFile >>itemArray[count] >>costArray[count])
{
	count++;
}

//close file
	salesFile.close();

//Calculate Sales Tax 6%
for( int c = 0; c < count; c++)
{
taxArray[c]=(costArray[c] *.06);
}

//Calculations
for(int x=0; x < count; x++) //Total Sales Price
{
totalPrice+=costArray[x];
}

for(int v=0; v < count; v++)//Total Sales Tax
totalSalesTax+=taxArray[v];


//Grand Total
grandTotal = totalPrice + totalSalesTax;


//Display output
cout << "****************************************************" << endl;
cout << "****************************************************" << endl;
cout << "********      S A L E S  R E C E I P T      ********" << endl;
cout << "****************************************************" << endl;
cout << "**               **   **             **           **" << endl;
cout << "**   Item Names  **   **    Price    **    Tax    **"<< endl;
cout <<    setiosflags(ios::fixed) << setprecision(2);
cout << "****************************************************" << endl;

for (int cnt = 0; cnt <count; cnt++)

{
     cout << "**   "<< itemArray[cnt] <<setw(20-itemArray[cnt].length()) <<  "$" <<setw(8)<<  costArray[cnt] << "        $" << setw(5) << taxArray[cnt] <<"   **"<<endl;

}

cout << "****************************************************" << endl;
cout << "**   Total Price             $" << setw(10) << totalPrice << "          **" << endl;
cout << "**   Total Sales Tax         $" << setw(10)  << totalSalesTax << "          **"<< endl;
cout << "**                            -----------         **" << endl;
cout << "**   Grand Total             $" << setw(10) << grandTotal << "          **" << endl;
cout << "**                                                **" << endl;
cout << "****************************************************" << endl;
cout << "****************************************************" << endl;


//print output to file
ofstream out_data("costout.txt");

out_data << "****************************************************" << endl;
out_data << "****************************************************" << endl;
out_data << "********      S A L E S  R E C E I P T      ********" << endl;
out_data << "****************************************************" << endl;
out_data << "**               **   **             **           **" << endl;
out_data << "**   Item Names  **   **    Price    **    Tax    **"<< endl;
out_data<<    setiosflags(ios::fixed) << setprecision(2);
out_data<< "****************************************************" << endl;

for (int cat = 0; cnt <count; cat++)

{
 out_data << "**   "<< itemArray[cnt] <<setw(20-itemArray[cnt].length()) <<  "$" <<setw(8)<<  costArray[cnt] << "        $" << setw(5) << taxArray[cnt] <<"   **"<<endl;

}


out_data << "****************************************************" << endl;
out_data << "**   Total Price             $" << setw(10) << totalPrice << "          **" << endl;
out_data << "**   Total Sales Tax         $" << setw(10)  << totalSalesTax << "          **"<< endl;
out_data << "**                            -----------         **" << endl;
out_data << "**   Grand Total             $" << setw(10) << grandTotal << "          **" << endl;
out_data << "**                                                **" << endl;
out_data << "****************************************************" << endl;
out_data << "****************************************************" << endl;



//Run again input
cout << "Do you want to calculate another file worth of sales items? (Y/N):" << endl;
cin >> runAgain;
runAgain = tolower(runAgain);

system("CLS");
}// End loop
while (runAgain == 'y');

return 0;
}//End SALES ITEMS FROM FILE
konstance (55)
It is indeed from the line you mentioned.

for (int cat = 0; cnt <count; cat++)

You have typed cat instead of cnt.
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