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C++ currency output

I am taking a C++ course right now and have completed my final assignment. However there is one thing that is bugging me:

Though I have the correct outputs for the testing on a particular output, the basepay should be 133.20 and it is displaying as 133.2. Is there a way to have this display the extra 0 rather than leaving it off?

Anyone know if it's possible and how to do it? Thank you in advance

My code is below:

cout<< "Base Pay .................. = " << basepay << endl;
cout<< "Hours in Overtime ......... = " << overtime_hours << endl;
cout<< "Overtime Pay Amount........ = " << overtime_extra << endl;
cout<< "Total Pay ................. = " << iIndividualSalary << endl;
cout<< endl;

cout<< "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" <<endl;
cout<< "%%%% EMPLOYEE SUMMARY DATA%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" <<endl;
cout<< "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" <<endl;
cout<< "%%%% Total Employee Salaries ..... = " << iTotal_salaries <<endl;
cout<< "%%%% Total Employee Hours ........ = " << iTotal_hours <<endl;
cout<< "%%%% Total Overtime Hours......... = " << iTotal_OvertimeHours <<endl;
cout<< "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << endl;
cout<< "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << endl;
Solution

  • use cout.precision to set precision, and fixed to toggle fixed-point mode:

    cout.precision(2);
cout<< "Base Pay .................. = " << fixed << basepay << endl;