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NickLSSU (6)
I have to create a program that creates a binary file using a 25 data structures then a second one that reads in the binary data file and decodes it and outputs it. But I seem to be experiencing a problem that I don't know how to fix. Either something isn't right with my reading or writing but I can't figure out what. Here's my code:

Program that creates the binary file 
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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

struct FileRec
{
  int employeeNum;
  char employeeName[21];
  double hourlyRate, hoursWorked;
};

int main()
{
  ifstream in("input.txt");
  FileRec employee;
  fstream binout;
  binout.open("binout.bin", ios::binary | ios::out);

  for(int k = 0; k < 26; k++)
    {
      in>>employee.employeeNum;
      in.getline(employee.employeeName, 21);
      in>>employee.hourlyRate;
      in>>employee.hoursWorked;

      binout.write(reinterpret_cast <char*>(&employee), sizeof(employee));
    }

  return 0;
}


And the program that reads in binary and outputs regular text: 
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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

struct FileRec
{
  int employeeNum;
  char employeeName[21];
  double hourlyRate, hoursWorked;
};

int main()
{
  FileRec employee;
  fstream file;
  file.open("binout.bin", ios::binary | ios::in);
  ofstream out("finaloutput.txt");


  out<<"Report #1: Data in Sequential Order"<<endl<<endl;
  out<<left<<setw(9)<<"Record"<<setw(11)<<"Employee";
  out<<setw(23)<<"Employee"<<setw(9)<<"Hourly";
  out<<setw(5)<<"Hours"<<endl;
  out<<left<<setw(10)<<"Number"<<setw(10)<<"Number";
  out<<setw(24)<<"Name"<<setw(7)<<"Rate";
  out<<setw(6)<<"Worked"<<endl;


  for(int k = 1; k < 26; k++)
    {
      file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&employee), sizeof(employee));
      out<<"  "<<left<<setw(2)<<k<<right<<setw(12)<<employee.employeeNum;
      out<<"    "<<left<<setw(20)<<employee.employeeName;
      out<<"    "<<setw(5)<<fixed<<setprecision(2)<<employee.hourlyRate;
      out<<"   "<<setw(5)<<employee.hoursWorked<<endl;
   }

  return 0;
}


Here's a sample of that the output looks like:


Report #1: Data in Sequential Order

Record Employee Employee Hourly Hours
Number Number Name Rate Worked
1 21434 0.00 0.00
2 21434 0.00 0.00


..and so on 25 times.

The first employee's number is 21434,so its partially working, but for the life of me I can't figure out what's wrong. any pointers?

Thanks,
Nick
Peter87 (11234)
In the program that reads from the file you start the loop at k=1.
Last edited on
NickLSSU (6)
Simply so I can use it to keep count of the record number. The program does the same thing when it starts at 0
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