Presidential Database

beavisbeast (9)
The database that i need to use is in alphabetical order by presidents names.The chronum is what number president the particular individual was.The pointer(next prez) filed links a president to his successor.

so I need to print out something like this:

location chronum presidents name next prez
0 2 Adams,john 22
1 6 Adams,jons_quincy 21
2 21 Arthur,Chester 7
. . .... .
. . .... .
. . .... .
42 1 Washington,George 0
43 28 Wilson,Woodrow 16

this is what I got so far:

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#include<fstream>
#include<iostream>
#include<cstring>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	struct
	{
		int chronom;
		char pname[25];
		int next;
	}
	char plist[50];
	int temp;
	int i;
	int rightmost;
	int imax;
	ifstream fin;

	fin.open("prez.dat");
	int n=0;
		fin>>plist[n].pname;
	while(!fin.eof())
	{
		plist[n].chronom = n+1;
		n++;
		fin>>plist[n].pname;
	}
	for(rightmost=n-1;rightmost>0;rightmost--)
	{
		imax=0;
		for(i=1;i<=rightmost;i++)
			if(strcmp(plist [i].pname,plist[imax].pname)>0)
				imax=i;
		temp = plist[imax];
		plist[imax]=plist[rightmost];
		plist[rightmost]=temp;
	}

	cout<<"location\tchronum\tpresident's name\tnext prez"<<endl<<endl;
	return 0;
}
Bazzy (6281)
So?
PanGalactic (1658)
What exactly does the input file look like? According to your description the input file is ordered alphabetically. However your program assumes it is ordered chronologically.
beavisbeast (9)
@Bazzy I cant run the program and I dont know what to do after cout.
@pangalactic I am sorry.I need the output in alphabetical order the input is in chronological.
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