outFILE setprecision and right wont work

[Sabensohn70]

Hi guys, I can't seem to use setprecision, right, setw, or fixed on my outFILE lines. nothing happens. I need to get all the decimals to line up and the numbers are on the right side.

this is my code so far

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

int main ()

{
ofstream outputFile;
double sales , total , year , statetax, countytax;
char month[10];

outputFile.open("sales.txt");

cout << "Please enter the month for this report:";
cin >> month;
cout << "Please enter the year for this report:";
cin >> year;
cout << "Please enter the total income for this month:";
cin >> total;
sales = total / 1.06;
cout << "Sales Tax Report saved to file: SalesTaxData.txt" << endl;

outputFile << "Month: " << month << endl;
outputFile << "-------------" << endl;
outputFile << "Total Collected: " << total << endl;
outputFile << "Sales : " << sales << endl;
countytax = sales * .02;
statetax = sales * .04;
outputFile << "County Sales Tax: $" << countytax << endl;
outputFile << "State Sales Tax: $" << statetax << endl;
outputFile << "Total Sales Tax: $" << countytax + statetax << endl;
cout << setprecision(2) << right << fixed << endl;
outputFile.close();

return 0;

}

[shreyansj]

You should use these manipulators before you reference the variables. For example,

double x = 1.23456
cout << setprecision (5) << x << endl;

[treuss]

Hi guys, I can't seem to use setprecision, right, setw

I don't see you using setw.