C++ help (beginner)

[killa3d]

a program needs to calculate and display the total of the weekly payroll amounts stored in the data file

the data file has the following info :

25000.89
35600.50
45678.99
67000.89

now the only problem is that when I run the program it does not give me the correct answer which is 173280.94, what am I doing wrong??
and here is the program that I have so far:

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

int main()
{
//declare variables
float total = 0.0;
int counter = 0;

//open file
ifstream inFile;
inFile.open (&quot;T13ConE07.dat&quot;, ios::in);

//determine if the file was opened
if (inFile.is_open())
{
//declare varables
float payroll = 0;

//read and display records
while (!inFile.eof())
{
inFile >> payroll;
inFile.ignore();
counter = counter + 1;

//display records
cout << fixed;
cout.precision(2);
cout << payroll <<endl;

}//end while
//close file
//calculate total
total = payroll;
inFile.close();
cout << &quot;Total is: &quot; << total <<endl;
}
else
cout << &quot;File could not be opened. &quot; <<endl;
//end if

return 0;
}//end of main function

 

[branko]

Hi
I don't know if you just forgot to copy it in your message, or maybe I am just missing it (it's still early on this side of the world) but a line like &quot;total+=payroll&quot; is missing in the while-loop. Each time you read payroll from the file you have to add it to the total.

good luck

Branko