How do i create multiple files in/from ofstream?

[chikaibeneme]

Hello everyone,I have a question on file manipulation and would like to know how
could i create multiple files from ofstream. For example in the code below when option 4 is selected a file is created called "Progress.txt" but i want to know how to enable the program to create a new file like "Progress1.txt" instead of just overwriting the old existing one,kinda like a database but i do not want to rewrite the information in the old file instead i want a new file created with the new information stored in it (Keeping records).I do not know how to do that in code form.

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

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
//variables
char Devotion = '\0';
int Devpoints = 0;
int Pushups = 0;
int Pushpoint=0;
int Situps = 0;
int Sitpoint = 0;
int Gym = 0;
int Gympoints = 0;
char Research = '\0';
int Researchpt = 0;
int Texts =0;
int Textspt = 0;
int Words = 0;
int Wordspt = 0;
int Puzzles = 0;
int Puzzlespt =0;
int Unblockme = 0;
int Unblockmept = 0;
int Sudoku = 0;
int Sudokupt = 0;
int Somethingnew = 0;
int Somethingnewpt=0;
int Bed = 0;
int Bedpt = 0;
int Book = 0;
int Bookpt = 0;
int RBook=0;
int Total=0;
char c='\0';
int Option=0;
string Name = "";
//string Last[14] = {};
//int Lresults[14] = {};
//int i = 0;

//Getting the user informatiions
     cout<<"Please enter your name:"<<endl;
     getline(cin,Name);
     system("cls");




do {

    cout<<"WELCOME "<<Name<<endl<<endl;
    cout<<"Please Choose an option from the menu below"<<endl
         <<"1. ENTER YOUR PROGRESS FOR THE WEEK."<<endl
         <<"2. VIEW YOUR TOTAL SCORE FOR THE CURRENT WEEK."<<endl
         <<"3. TO CLEAR THE SCREEN."<<endl
         <<"4. TO SAVE YOUR CURRENT PROGRESS IN A FILE."<<endl
         //<<"5. TO VIEW YOUR PROGRESS FROM LAST WEEK."<<endl
         <<"Please choose and option:"<<endl;
         cin>>Option;





    switch (Option){
    case 1:

  cout<<"1) Have you done all your devotions for the week? y or n"<<endl;
  cin>>Devotion;

  cout<<"2) How many Pushups have you done for the week"<<endl;
  cin>>Pushups;

  cout<<"3) How many Situps have you done for the week"<<endl;
  cin>>Situps;

  cout<<"4) How many Gym days have you gone for the week"<<endl;
  cin>>Gym;

  cout<<"5) Did you do your research for the week? y or n"<<endl;
  cin>>Research;

  cout<<"6) How many Texts have you learnt for the week?"<<endl;
  cin>>Texts;

  cout<<"7) How many words have you learnt for the week?"<<endl;
  cin>>Words;

  cout<<"8) How many Puzzles have you done for the week?"<<endl;
  cin>>Puzzles;

  cout<<"9) How many unblockme's have you done for the week?"<<endl;
  cin>>Unblockme;

  cout<<"10) How many Sudoku Puzzles have you done for the week?"<<endl;
  cin>>Sudoku;

  cout<<"11) How many things did you learn this week?"<<endl;
  cin>>Somethingnew;

  cout<<"12) How many times did you make you Bed for this week?"<<endl;
  cin>>Bed;

  cout<<"13 )Did you read a book?\n(0)Did not read\n(1)Started\n(2)enter the amount of books you have read"<<endl;
  cin>>Book;

  if (Book==2){cout<<"14) How many Books have you read for this week?"<<endl;cin>>RBook;}

     //calculatons
//calculations for devotions
      if (Devotion=='y') {
                            Devpoints=6;
                         }
      else if (Devotion=='n'){
                               Devpoints=3;
                            }


//calculations for push ups
   if (Pushups==450){
                      Pushpoint=3;
                    }
    else if (Pushups>450){
                           Pushpoint=((Pushups-450)/50)+3;
                         }
//calculatons for situps

if (Situps==500){
                      Sitpoint=3;
                    }
    else if (Pushups>500){
                           Sitpoint=((Situps-500)/50)+3;
                         }

 //calculations for Gym
 if (Gym==0){
             Gympoints=0;
             }
else if (Gym>0){
                Gympoints=Gym*5;
                  }

//Calculations for Research
if (Research=='y')
     {
         Researchpt = 5;
     }
  else if (Research=='n')
  {
      Researchpt=0;
  }

//Calculatuons for bible texts
   if (Texts==0)
   {
      Textspt=0;
   }
   else if (Texts>0)
   {
       Textspt=Texts*2;
   }

   //calculatons for words
     if (Words==0)
   {
      Wordspt=0;
   }
   else if (Words>0)
   {
       Wordspt=Words*2;
   }


//calculatons for Puzzles
     if (Puzzles==0)
   {
      Puzzlespt=0;
   }
   else if (Puzzles>0)
   {
       Puzzlespt=Puzzles*2;
   }

   //calculatons for Unblockme
     if (Unblockme==0)
   {
      Unblockmept=0;
   }
   else if (Unblockme>0)
   {
       Unblockmept=Unblockme*2;
   }

   //calculatons for Sudoku
     if (Sudoku==0)
   {
      Sudokupt=0;
   }
   else if (Sudoku>0)
   {
       Sudokupt=Sudoku*2;
   }

 //calculatons for Something new
     if (Somethingnew==0)
   {
      Somethingnewpt=0;
   }
   else if (Somethingnew>0)
   {
       Somethingnewpt=Somethingnew*2;
   }

  //calculations for making bed
if (Bed==0)
   {
    Bedpt=0;
   }
   else if (Bed>0)
   {
       Bedpt=Bed*2;
   }

  //Calculautons for reading books
    if (Book==0)
    {
        Bookpt=0;
    }
else if (Book==1)
{
    Bookpt=2;
}
else if (RBook>0)
{
  Bookpt=RBook*5;
}

    Total=Devpoints+Pushpoint+Sitpoint+Gympoints+Researchpt+Textspt+Wordspt+Puzzlespt+Unblockmept+Sudokupt+Somethingnewpt+Bedpt+Bookpt;
break;


 case 2 :

  //output of the program
  cout<<"  YOUR SCORE FOR THIS WEEK :) "<<Name<<endl;
   cout<<"Devotion:      "  <<Devpoints<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Push-ups:      "  <<Pushpoint<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Sit-ups:       "   <<Sitpoint<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Gym:           "   <<Gympoints<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Research:      "   <<Researchpt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Texts:         "   <<Textspt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Words:         "   <<Wordspt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Puzzles:       "   <<Puzzlespt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Unblockme:     "    <<Unblockmept<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Sudoku:        "    <<Sudokupt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Something New: "    <<Somethingnewpt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Making Bed:    "    <<Bedpt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Books:         "    <<Bookpt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   cout<<"Total:         "    <<Total<<" Pts"<<endl;
break;



case 3:
          system("cls");
          break;




default :
                    cout<<"Thank you...."<<endl;
                    break;

    }

    if (Option==4){

         ofstream Progress;
         Progress.open ("Progress.txt");
   Progress<<"  YOUR SCORE FOR THIS WEEK :) "<<Name<<endl;
   Progress<<"Devotion:      "  <<Devpoints<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Push-ups:      "  <<Pushpoint<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Sit-ups:       "   <<Sitpoint<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Gym:           "   <<Gympoints<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Research:      "   <<Researchpt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Texts:         "   <<Textspt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Words:         "   <<Wordspt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Puzzles:       "   <<Puzzlespt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Unblockme:     "    <<Unblockmept<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Sudoku:        "    <<Sudokupt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Something New: "    <<Somethingnewpt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Making Bed:    "    <<Bedpt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Books:         "    <<Bookpt<<" Pts"<<endl;
   Progress<<"Total:         "    <<Total<<" Pts"<<endl;
  Progress.close();


break;


    }

 cout<<"\n\nDo you want to continue y or n?:"<<endl;
cin>>c;
system("cls");//clear screen
}
    while ((c=='y')||(c=='Y'));


system("pause");

return 0;
}

[18hRX9L8]

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/fstream/fstream/open/

// fstream::open
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main () {

  fstream filestr;

  filestr.open ("test.txt", fstream::in | fstream::out | fstream::app);

  // >> i/o operations here <<

  filestr.close();

  return 0;
}

If there isn't a file called test.txt, fstream::app creates one.

[chikaibeneme]

Thank you for responding . But instead overwriting i want it to create a new file everytime the option is choosen,so first time i run it i creates test.txt but the next time i run it i want it to create a new file called test1.txt and so on...

[18hRX9L8]

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

#define TRUE true

int main()
{
	char filename[32];
	std::string user_input;
	std::fstream myfile;
	
	while(TRUE)
	{
		std::cout<<"Name of file?  ";
		std::cin>>filename;
		std::cin.ignore();
	
		myfile.open(filename);
	
		if(myfile.is_open())
		{
			std::cout<<"File is already created. Would you like to create a new file (y/n) ?  ";
			std::cin>>user_input;

			if(user_input=="y")
			{
				std::cout<<"Name of new file + copy ending + type?  ";
				std::cin>>filename;
				std::fstream myfile_new;
				myfile_new.open (filename, std::fstream::in | std::fstream::out | std::fstream::app);
				myfile_new.close();
			}
			else
			{
				break;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			std::cout<<"This file does not exist yet. Would you like to create the file (y/n) ?  ";
			std::cin>>user_input;

			if(user_input=="y")
			{
				std::cout<<"Name of new file + copy ending + type?  ";
				std::cin>>filename;
				std::fstream myfile_new;
				myfile_new.open (filename, std::fstream::in | std::fstream::out | std::fstream::app);
				myfile_new.close();
			}
			else
			{
				break;
			}
		}
	}
	myfile.close();
}

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