[Dev-C++] how to do file and streams

[chromatonus 7. <chr...@ho...>]

hi, here is my program that is supposed to do the following:

Enter a series of records from the keyboard, each record consisting of a 
two-word name and an integer,
example MEG RAM 23, as one entry
The program will keep a count of the number of entries. After the last one 
is entered, enter a "sentinel" code, some string that will indicate that the 
data has been completely entered.
Then the data will be saved to a file in the format of
#data  name  #  name  #.......
Then the data will be read from the file and displayed on the screen, one 
entry per line.

#include "apstring.h"
#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main()
{
   apstring name1, name2, x, check;
   ifstream infile;
   infile.open("stuff.dat");
   int n;
   cin.ignore(80,'\n');
   getline(cin,x);
   check = "end";
   while(x!=check)
   {
      infile >> name1 >> name2 >> n >> "\n";
      cin.ignore(80,'\n');
      getline(cin, x);
   }
   infile.close();
   getch();

   ofstream xfile;
   xfile.open("stuff.dat");
   getch();
   xfile.close();
}

I don't know how to do the ofstream part, and I don't know whether I 
actually saved the data in a file, and how to access the file and display 
it? Would you please tell me how to do that, thank you!




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