outFile C++ not writing to output text - c++

Question

Down below is my incomplete program. I am having problems with writing to a text file. For example I want to write the number of snow days to a text file, but nothing shows up in the textfile when I debug in VS 2010. It does display my info and name, but nothing else works. It wont write anything after that. its NOT writing to a text file.
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
const string INFORMATION = "College Class";
const string MY_NAME = "Tom Hangler";
int main(void)
{
ofstream outFile;
int numberOfSnowDays;
int greatestSnowDay;
int dayNumber;
double amounttOfSnow;
outFile.open("Ex1Out.txt");
outFile << setw(51) << INFORMATION << endl << setw(48) << MY_NAME << endl;
cout << "Please enter num of days it snowed: " << endl;
cin >> numberOfSnowDays;
outFile << setw(10) << "Number of days of snow is: " << setw(10) << numberOfSnowDays;
int index;
//Problem 1 for-loop
for (index = 0; index < numberOfSnowDays; index++)
{
cout << "Enter day: " << endl;
cin >> dayNumber;
cout << "Enter amount of snow: " << endl;
cin >> amountOfSnow;
};
return 0;
}
here is what my output displays:
College Class (centered)
Tom Hangler (centered)
If i try to write anything after this, Nothing is written ever to the output file. And the output text file IS in my VS project that contains my .cpp file. I added the text file to project.

Answer 1

Try closing the stream at the end of the function, it looks like the data isn't getting flushed.
outFile.close();

Answer 2

Your code compiles and works on gcc 4.4.5 (apart from typo in amounttOfSnow).
Is it possible that you are looking at an old Ex1Out.txt file ?
Its most likely created in the Release or Debug subdirectory in your project, not where the .cpp files are.

Answer 3

in your for loop, you only collect the amount of snow, but you don't write it to the text file.
Do you want to do something like this?
...
for (index = 0; index < numberOfSnowDays; index++)
{
cout << "Enter day: " << endl;
cin >> dayNumber;
cout << "Enter amount of snow: " << endl;
cin >> amountOfSnow;
// next line is new:
outFile << "Day#: "<< dayNumber << ", snow: "<< amountOfSnow<<endl;
};
outFile.close()
...