#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
float numberofshares;
float price;
float totalprice(float numberofshares, float price);
int main()
{
    char date[255];
    char symbol[255];
    char buysell[255];
    char filelines[255];
    //open the file
    ofstream stocks( "stocks.txt" );
    cout<<"Enter the date of the transaction: ";
    cin.getline(date, 255);
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Enter the symbol: ";
    cin.getline(symbol, 255);
    cin.get();
    cout<<"What you did(buy, sell, etc): ";
    cin.getline(buysell, 255);
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Number of shares you bought: ";
    cin>> numberofshares;
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Price of the stock you bought: ";
    cin>> price;
    cin.get();
    stocks<< date << " " << symbol << " " << buysell << " " << numberofshares << " " << price << " " << totalprice(numberofshares , price ) <<"\n" << endl;
    stocks.close();
    //open file to read
    ifstream stock( "stocks.txt" );
    stock>> filelines;
    cin.get();
    
    
    return 0;
}

float totalprice(float numberofshares, float price)
{
      
      return numberofshares * price;
}