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SpQr4

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Original poster
Nov 27, 2011
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Good Evening. I am taking an intro c++ class. No one in the class appears to be on a mac and the book i have is using visual basic, i have spent hours just trying to figure out xcode and how to get into c++.

This is my program, nothing happens when i run it but i get no errors.
I think i saved payroll1.txt in the correct place, it is in xcode, right below the "groups and files" left pane

Code:
#include <iostream.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;
int main (){	

ifstream fin("payroll1.txt");
	int employeeid, hoursworked, hourlyrate;
	float grosspay;
	
	cin>>employeeid>>hoursworked>>hourlyrate;
	while(fin>>employeeid>>hoursworked>>hourlyrate){
		grosspay=hoursworked*hourlyrate;
		cout<< "The Employee ID is"<<employeeid<<"The Gross Pay is" << grosspay<<endl;
		cin>>employeeid>>hoursworked>>hourlyrate;
		

}//While
	fin.close();

}//Main


I checked file paths and they are both in the same file, is this correct? should it read from the file given where it is located?

/Users/malishka31/Documents/module22/Module2_3A.cpp
/Users/malishka31/Documents/module22/payroll1.txt
 
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Mac_Max

macrumors 6502
Mar 8, 2004
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You need to place the text file where the executable file is. Generally this will be in a /bin folder (I'm not in front of my Mac right now so I can't take a look at the exact folder).
 

Sander

macrumors 6502a
Apr 24, 2008
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Note that as of Xcode4, it's quite difficult to locate the built executable yourself. Use Xcode's "reveal in Finder" option. A different approach would be to use a full path for your text file, i.e. something like

Code:
ifstream fin("/users/john/payroll1.txt");

Then no matter where your executable is run from, it will always find the file.
 

robvas

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Mar 29, 2009
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Don't bother with Xcode for such simple things.

Edit your source code files with TextWrangler or SublimeText2.

When it's time to compile, simply open a terminal and change to the directory that has your files:

$ gcc module2_3a.cpp -o module2_3a
$ ./module2_3a
 
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