Why cant i load my stuff from a file

[Ch1156]

Ok so i have this code and i cant load my stuff i outputed into my file for use in the other function,

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

struct Vars
{
    void Game();

    long long int money;
    int prisoners;
    string playerName;
    string prisonName;
};

int main()
{
    int choice;

    Vars v;

    cout << "1) New" << endl;
    cout << "2) Load\n" << endl;
    cin >> choice;

    if(choice == 1)
    {
        v.money = 50000;
        v.prisoners = 0;

        ofstream file;
        file.open("prison.txt");

        cin.ignore(1000, '\n');

        cout << "Hello please enter your name" << endl;
        getline(cin, v.playerName);
        file << v.playerName << endl;

        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Thank you " << v.playerName << " now please enter the name of your prison" << endl;
        getline(cin, v.prisonName);
        file << v.prisonName << endl;

        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Ok thank you lets start the game" << endl;
        cin.get();

        file << v.money << endl;
        file << v.prisoners << endl;

        file.close();

        v.Game();
    }
    else if(choice == 2)
    {
        ifstream file;

        file.open("file.txt");

        file >> v.playerName;
        file >> v.prisonName;
        file >> v.money;
        file >> v.prisoners;

        file.close();

        v.Game();
    }
}

void Vars::Game()
{
    cout << playerName << endl;
    cout << prisonName << endl;
    cout << money << endl;
    cout << prisoners << endl;
}

[stoffe1100]

Please post what file.txt contains!

[Ch1156]

Chay Hawk
Prison
50000 //Money
0 //Number of prisoners

[Ch1156]

oh and just to clarify, it does it when i exit the program then start it back up and choose option 2. it just gives me weird numbers.

[newbieg]

Look at the name of the file that you are saving to and the name of the file you are reading from.

        ofstream file;
        file.open("prison.txt");

        ifstream file;

        file.open("file.txt");

... they need to be the same file...
change that and it runs nicely.


Just a suggestion, try making the part of the code that loads the file info into a function named "Load()" in your vars struct so that you can call it at any time you want. like I said, just a suggestion.

[Ch1156]

Oh i cant believe i didnt see that -.-, i feel like an idiot :P. What do you mean make it into a load function? like this?

struct Vars
{
    void Game();
    void Load();

    long long int money;
    int prisoners;
    string playerName;
    string prisonName;
};

void Load()
{
    ofstream file;
    file.open("prison.txt");

       file.open("file.txt");

        file >> v.playerName;
        file >> v.prisonName;
        file >> v.money;
        file >> v.prisoners;

        file.close(); 
}

like that?