Beginner on project need help

[Anon]

ok hello for my final project i decided to make a program that will organize my nintendo games. It asks the user if they want them in order of rarity or price I think i figured out how to print the price part to file but i cant figure out how to have it incriment using arrays. My book for this class is horrible confising cause they never show the whole thing only small parts of examples. Anyway heres what i have now.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

struct InfoType
{
string GameName;
string Rarity;
float Price;

}

void GetInfo( ifstream&, InfoType& );
int main()
{
char ANSW; //input to determine order
ifstream gamesFile; //input from file
InfoType entry;

gamesFile.open("A:\games.dat");

cout << "This program is meant to organize my Nintendo games." << endl ;
cout << "How would you like them to be ordered? By Rarity or Price (R or P) ";
cin >> ANSW ;
{
if ( ANSW = P)

    GetInfo(gamesFile, entry);
    while (gamesFile)

//----------------------------------------------------------

void GetInfo(
/ inout / ifstream& InfoFile, // input file
/ out / InfoType& entry ) // Move to next record

// Prints the game name, rarity and price
{
cout << entry.GameName << ' ' << entry.Rarity << ' ' << "$" ;
cout << entry.Price << endl;
}

It is extremely choppy and chaotic but i aint fixed it up yet. I think i'm headin in the right path but......
Anyway i want them to read out like this

Q*Bert Rare 12.99
SpyHunter FairlyRare 4.99
ect ect ect....
I would like to put spaces and give them a setw but like i said, i'm new. If i get time i'll do it. Can anyone tell me if I'm atleast getting warm here?
thx in advance
Casualty

[Anon]

whats with these c++ questions today... this is PHPbuilder...

[fandelem]

here is a rough draft.. i don't have time but i have gotten help in the past and i feel obligated to extend any help i can; unfortunately time only permits me to give you a rough idea.. i didn't change much from your original file, except things where you say "if answ = P" when it should be "if answer == 'P'"

good luck, hope you do well.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cctype> // for tolower/toupper

using namespace std;

struct InfoType
{
string GameName;
string Rarity;
float Price;

}

void GetInfo( ifstream&, InfoType& );

int main()
{
char ANSW; //input to determine order
ifstream gamesFile; //input from file
InfoType entry;

gamesFile.open("c:\games.dat");
if ( !gamesFile) {
// this means we couldn't open the file, let's exit program
cout << "File did not open properly!" << endl;
exit(1);
}

cout << "This program is meant to organize my Nintendo games." << endl ;
cout << "How would you like them to be ordered? By Rarity or Price (R or P) ";
cin >> ANSW;

// change answer to uppercase, and this returns only first char of input as well (which is nice)
ANSW = toupper(ANSW);

	SortFiles(ANSW); // sorts file into array by price or rarity

	GetInfo(gamesFile, entry); // priming read
	while ( !gamesFile.eof() )  { // while not at end of file...			
		GetInfo(gamesFile, entry);
	}

}
//----------------------------------------------------------
void SortFiles(char ANSW) {

if ( ANSW == 'P')  {

	// basically you want read while not at end into an array
	// then you will sort it (your book must have something on
	// sorting arrays)

} else if ( ANSW == 'R' ) {

	// basically you want read while not at end into an array
	// then you will sort it (your book must have something on
	// sorting arrays)

}
return;

}

void GetInfo(
/ inout / ifstream& InfoFile, // input file
/ out / InfoType& entry ) // Move to next record

// Prints the game name, rarity and price
{
cout << entry.GameName << ' ' << entry.Rarity << ' ' << '$';
cout << entry.Price << endl;
}