why wont this work

[boogieman063]

this is simple, its just supposed to print that stuff to the output fle.
call the function and print to the file.
the program runs but nothing is printed

#include <fstream.h>

int main()
{
void print();

ofstream fout;

fout.open("a:/out.txt");

void print();

fout.close();

return 0;
}

void print()
{
ofstream fout;
fout<<"spongebob\n";
fout<<"cs1318.004\n";
}

[paul9]

a:/out.txt
should that be
a:\out.txt ?
backslash instead of forward slash.

[paul9]

also, if
spongebob\n
and
cs1318.004\n
include the \n as a command line switch, then you have probably reversed those slashes, too.

[boogieman063]

the slashes are supposed to foward, im using dev c++ i dont know why its like that, but its either two backslashes or one foward slash.