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how to format data in a file

Magplusplus (31)
Hello guys am working on a c++ project that search for Student id in the source file,if a match is found
it writes to the output file
after the search those were the found
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John    Bill   M  1895865 20013647  2001 78 66 80 66 79 75 
Frank   Libmen M  6546727 20016367  2001 50 78 56 43 33 57


My code
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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>

using namespace std;
int main()
{
 struct person
{
  string firstname;
  string surname;
  string gender;
  int    id;
};

system("cls");
  ifstream input;
  ifstream source;
  ofstream output;
  ofstream notfound;
  input.open("input.txt");
  source.open("source.txt");
  output.open("Output Processed file.txt");
  notfound.open("Not Found.txt");
  if(!input)
      {
      cout << "Error!" << endl;
      cout << "Unable to access the input.txt file required to run this process..." << endl;
      cout << "********************************************************************" << endl;
      cout << "The Process Was not Sucessful!! enter 0 Return to Previous Menu" << endl;
      }
if(source.fail())
    {
     cout << "Error!" << endl;
     cout << "Unable to access the source.txt file required to run this process" << endl;
     cout << "Its either it was Deleted or placed in a location inaccessable for this Program" << endl;
     cout << "Please check and re-run the process" << endl;
     cout << "" << endl;
     cout << "********************************************************************" << endl;
     cout << "The Process Was not Sucessful!! enter 0 Return to Previous Menu" << endl;

    }

  // foreach line of input....
  string input_line;
  while( getline(input,input_line) )
    {
    stringstream i_line(input_line);
    person input_person;
    i_line >> input_person.firstname
           >> input_person.surname
           >> input_person.gender
           >> input_person.id;
    // search the source for a matching name
    source.clear();
    source.seekg(0);
    bool found = false;
    string source_line;
    while ( !found && getline(source,source_line) )
      {
      stringstream s_line(source_line);
      person source_person;
      s_line >> source_person.firstname
             >> source_person.surname
             >> source_person.gender
             >> source_person.id;
      // found them!
      if ( source_person.id == input_person.id)
            {
            found = true;
            }
      }
      // and output...
      if ( !found )
            {
            notfound << "No NRC match for:" << source_line << endl;
            }
      else
            {
            cout << "NRC Match Found for:" << source_line<<  endl;
            output << source_line<<  endl;
            }
    }
            input.close();
            source.close();
            output.close();
            notfound.close();
            cout << "" << endl;
            cout << "********************************************************************" << endl;
            cout << "The Process Was Sucessful!! enter 0 Return to Previous Menu" << endl;


}


output file expected format
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First Name: John
Last  Name: Bill
Gender: M
Student ID: 1895865
Course Code: 20013647
Year: 2001

Mathematics   78
English       66 
Science       80
Geography     66
Music         79
Art           75   

First Name: Frank
Last  Name: Libmen
Gender: M
Student ID: 6546727 
Course Code:20016367
Year: 2001

Mathematics   50 
English       78 
Science       56 
Geography     43 
Music         33
Art           57
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