C++ Program help

[compsci]

Im tryin to read the hours and payrate for 75 employees from a called file “employee.data”. This is what I have so far. Can anyone help me?

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std; 
 
    float grosspay();
    float netpay(float);
 
 
    int main()// Starts the program
    {
 
 
 
    float gross=0;// Declares gross as a float
    int num = 1; // Declares num as a int
    float hours=0;// Declares hours as a float
 
 
 
    while(num<=4)// beginning of a while loop counts up to 4
        {
 
 
            gross=grosspay();// Calls the function
            netpay(gross);// Calls the function
 
        }
 
    return 0;
    }
 
    float grosspay()// Begins the funtion outside of main
    {
        ifstream infile;
        infile.open("C:\Documents and Settings\dckorneg\Desktop");
        float payrate;// Declares
        float hours;// Declares
        float gross;// Declares
        cout<< " Hello please Enter the employees payrate "<<endl;// Displays
        infile>>payrate;// Reads in
 
        cout<<" Hello please enter the amount of hoursworked"<<endl;//Displays
        infile>>hours;// Reads in
 
 
        gross =  hours * payrate;// Formula
 
        cout<<" The grosspay for this employees is "<<gross<<endl;//Displays 
 
        return gross; // Returns the value of gross
    }
 
    float netpay(float gross)// The function outside of main
    {
 
        float fedtaxes;// Declares as float
        float statetaxes;// Declares as float
        float netpay;//Declares as float
        float state = .06;// Declares as float
        float fed = .15;// Declares as float
        statetaxes = gross * state;// Formula
        fedtaxes = gross * fed;// Formula 
        netpay = gross-statetaxes-fedtaxes;//Formula
 
        cout<<" This is your state taxes: "<<statetaxes<<endl;// Displays
        cout<<" This is your federal taxes: "<<fedtaxes<<endl;// Displays
        cout<<" This is your netpay: "<<netpay<<endl;// Displays
 
        return netpay;
 
    }

[Ganon11]

Sure, what seems to be the trouble?

[compsci]

Sure, what seems to be the trouble?

In my function gross pay i have the hours and payrate reading from the file. But it is not working

[Ganon11]

The character '\' is used for escape sequences, so you need to use the character '\\' to have a single '\' printed.

[weaknessforcats]

In addtion, you need to chekc that your file opened.

infile.open("C:\Documents and Settings\dckorneg\Desktop");
//Did the file open??
//For reading??
//For writing??