i cant output to a newly created file

[rockstar8577]

For some reason i cant output to a file unless it was already created.
Here's my code.

fstream myfile;
    myfile.open (filename.c_str(), ios_base::in);
    if (!myfile)
    {
        myfile.close();
        myfile.open (filename.c_str(), ios::out);

        avatar.name = name;
        avatar.init();
        myfile << "Name = " << avatar.name << endl;
        myfile << "hp = " << avatar.hp << endl;
        myfile << "mana = " << avatar.mana << endl;
        myfile << "level = " << avatar.level << endl;
        myfile << "strength = " << avatar.strength << endl;
        myfile << "intelligence = " << avatar.intelligence << endl;
        myfile << "wisdom = " << avatar.wisdom << endl;
        myfile << "dexterity = " << avatar.dexterity << endl;
        myfile << "charisma = " << avatar.charisma << endl;
        myfile.close();
    }
    else
    {
        cout << name << " already exists" << endl;
    }

Now i create the file and output the data into it, but it wont work unless i have the file already created and open it.

[MyrtleTurtle]

You can create a file and write to it like this:

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream> // for file reading & writing
#include<conio.h> //for getch()

using namespace std;
int main(){
fstream myfile; //you can use ofstream for writing to a file and ifstream for reading from a file...& probably should
    myfile.open ("MyNewFile.txt"); //put whatever name you want
    if (!myfile) //um, why do you try to write to a file that has not opened?
    {
     //I would show an error if the file doesn't open
     cout<<"File not found.";
//        myfile.close();  how can you close it if you don't have one?
//        myfile.open (filename.c_str(), ios::out);
//
//        avatar.name = name;
//        avatar.init();
//        myfile << "Name = " << avatar.name << endl;
//        myfile << "hp = " << avatar.hp << endl;
//        myfile << "mana = " << avatar.mana << endl;
//        myfile << "level = " << avatar.level << endl;
//        myfile << "strength = " << avatar.strength << endl;
//        myfile << "intelligence = " << avatar.intelligence << endl;
//        myfile << "wisdom = " << avatar.wisdom << endl;
//        myfile << "dexterity = " << avatar.dexterity << endl;
//        myfile << "charisma = " << avatar.charisma << endl;
//        myfile.close();
    }
    else
    {
       // cout << name << " already exists" << endl;
       myfile<<"write something to the file.";
       cout<<"Writing to file.";
       myfile.close();
    }
getch();
return 0;
}

[MyrtleTurtle]

You can also create and open your file this way, which is more like what you're doing:

ofstream myfile;

    string filename = "MyNewFile2.txt"; //or whatever name you want
    myfile.open (filename.c_str(), ios::out);

[rockstar8577]

mybad forgot to say, that was checking to see if the file already existed. So if it didnt open because it didnt exist then it would create and open one.