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How to save looped output in C++ to a .txt file with columns and rows


I'm a C++ newbie and am wanting to save outputs that are printed when looping over several files. The outputs are 3 floats, which are called mass_pole, sum, and sum_SM. How do I save these looped outputs (without overwriting them) to a .txt file using the proper C++ tabs / new line semantics. I'm wanting something like:

//mass_pole    //sum        //sum_SM
200            2300.2       713.4
250            2517.3       1231.77
300            2110.5       432.5

inside a .txt file (without the headers).

My code so far is below, but I don't think this is correct for my aforementioned desire. Specifically, I need help with L25 onward. Any advice would be much appreciated!

// root -l aTGCs_test.C                                                                                                                                                                         
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include "TMath.h"

using namespace std;


void masspoleweights(TString file, TString mass_pole) {

  TChain* myTrees = new TChain("Events");

 [. . .]

  for (int j = 0; j < myTrees->GetEntries(); ++j){
  //for (int j = 0; j < 1000; ++j){                                                                                                                                                             
    myTrees->GetEntry(j);

    sum=variable1;
    sum_SM=variable2;

  }

L25>>  ofstream myfile ("weights.txt");

  //saving outputs to file (three outputs that loop by mass: mass, sum, pdfweights)

  for (int i = 0; i < 200; ++i){
    myfile << mass_pole << sum << sum_SM << std::endl;
  }
}

Solution

  • As per the help of all the experts in the comments section, here is the final code that works:

      ofstream myfile ("weights.txt", ios::in | ios::out | ios::app); //file open mode (READ), WRITE, append                                                                                                                      
    
      //loop over all outputs to save in a txt file (no overwrites):                                                                      
      for (int i = 0; i < 1; ++i){
        ofstream::ios_base::app;
        myfile << mass_pole << "\t"  << sum << "\t" << sum_SM << "\n";
    }