Please help with "check" code

[michaelmhmhmh]

Ok so I have to make code print this like a check.

date: 2/13/2014
name: William Schmidt
amount, dollars: 23
cents: 30
payee: Office Max


your check:

William Schmidt 2/13/2014
pay to: Office Max $23.30
twenty three and 30/100 dollars

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main(){
	string date;
	string name;
	int dollars;
	int cents;
	string payee;
	
	cout << "Input check information:";
	cout << endl;
	cout << "date: ";
	getline(cin, date);
	cout << "name: ";
	getline(cin, name);
	cout << "amount in dollars:";
	cin >> dollars;
	cout << "amount in cents:";
	cin >> cents;
	cout << "Payee:";
	getline(cin, payee);
	getline(cin, payee);
	cout << "Your check:";
	cout << endl;

	string s1;
	int pay;

	s1 = name;
	pay = 50 - s1.length();
	s1.append(pay, ' ');
	s1.append(date);
	cout << s1 << endl;
	 
	string s2;

	s2 = "pay to:", payee;
	pay = 50 - s2.length();
	s2.append(' ', dollars);
	s2.append('.', cents);
	s2.append(pay, ' ');
	cout << s2 << endl;  // fix 

	string s3;

	s3 = "twenty three and 30/100";
	pay = 50 - s3.length();
	s3.append(pay, ' ');
	s3.append("dollars");
	cout << s3 << endl;
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Here is my code the // fix is were the problem is at, for some reason it shoots some strange symbols, also I cant seem to make it do pay to: along with the payee.

[cire]

s2.append(' ', dollars)
The first argument to append here is the number of characters to append. The second argument is the character to append. ' ' is not a count, and dollars is not a character.

To append to a string use +=, as in: s2 += to_string(dollars);
To convert to a string use to_string, as shown immediately above.

s2 = "pay to:", payee;
is equivalent to:

    s2 = "pay to:";
    payee;

[michaelmhmhmh]

Ah thank you I fixed the code the only problem now is it wont let me put a dollar sign in front of dollar and . for cents. I kept getting an error when I try saying I overloaded the function.

string s2;

	s2 = "pay to:" + payee;
	pay = 50 - s2.length();
	s2.append(pay, ' ');
	s2 += to_string(dollars);
	s2 += to_string(cents);
	cout << s2 << endl;  // fix  

So it puts out 2330
I need it $23.30
Do you know the argument to use?

[michaelmhmhmh]

opps never mind I figured it out thank you very much!