String will not write to output correctly - c++

Question

I am trying to write to a file and am having trouble with the string not writing.
From what I have been able to figure out, my string will only print if I place a '\n' after it. The problem is I am trying to write it to a file and it has to be all in line with other information.
Sample of what I am trying to make my file look like:
1111 Last, First 10 20 $30.00
What it actually writes:
1111 10 20 $30.00
This is what i have tried and it will only print the last 3 items. If I place a '\n' after getName() then it prints everything fine:
ofstream outputFile("somefile.txt");
outputFile << std::setw(10) << getAccount()
<< std::setw(10) << getName() // returns a string
<< std::setw(10) << getNum1()
<< std::setw(10) << getNum2()
<< std::setw(10) << getTotal() << endl;
I have tried calling flush after getName() but it did not work
outputFile.flush()
I am supposed to store the last and first name separately.
string getName() const
{
string full = last + ", " + first;
return full;
}

Answer 1

I'm assuming you actually specify a name for the output file, e.g.
std::ofstream outputFile("some-file.txt");
Assuming this is sorted, have a look at std::setw(n) from <iomanip> and make sure your outputs are somehow separated. For example, you might want to use
outputFile << std::setw(8) << getAccount() << ' '
<< std::setw(20) << getName() << ' '
<< std::setw(6) << getNum1() << ' '
<< std::setw(6) << getNum2() << ' '
<< getTotal() << '\n';
... and if you really want to make sure the output is immediately written to the file rather than buffered:
outputFile << std::flush;
(which is equivalent to std::outputFile.flush(); but using cuter syntax).
Based on comments mentioned above, I would guess you ended up with names containing a '\r' right at the end: this way, it looks as if there is nothing but actually the characters are just overwritten by characters coming later. You can remove the carriage return characters using
str.erase(std::remove(str.begin(), str.end(), '\r'), str.end());