hello guys. I have finished my project and its working perfectly fine. however, my output is not aligned properly and needs some minor adjustment. I have played around with the setw function but i really do not know what is causing the problem. I mean, the output does not look very bad. i just feel it could be much better. anyways 1) i need to right justify the values on the far right colum(difference column). 2) i need to align the columns perfectly as they are not aligned. you could try putting in the values and you will see what i am talkin about. i am attaching my file below. Code: #include<iostream> using std::cout; using std::cin; using std::endl; using std::fixed; using std::right; using std::left; #include<iomanip> using std::setw; using std::setprecision; double NetIncome(double); void BalanceCheck(double); int main() { double GrossIncome; double housing; double food; double automobile; double insurance; double debt; double entertainment; double clothing; double savings; double MedicalDental; double investments; double miscellaneous; double NetSpendableYearly; double NetSpendableMonthly; double Balance; double TotalActual=0; double HouseBudget; double FoodBudget; double AutoBudget; double InsuranceBudget; double DebtBudget; double EntertainmentBudget; double ClothingBudget; double SavingsBudget; double MedicalDentalBudget; double InvestBudget; double MiscBudget; double HouseBudgetMonth; double FoodBudgetMonth; double AutoBudgetMonth; double InsuranceBudgetMonth; double DebtBudgetMonth; double EntertainmentBudgetMonth; double ClothingBudgetMonth; double SavingsBudgetMonth; double MedicalDentalBudgetMonth; double InvestBudgetMonth; double MiscBudgetMonth; cout<<"\nEnter the Gross Income for the family: "<<endl; cin>>GrossIncome; cout<< "\nEnter the actual monthly costs for the following categeories: "<<endl; cout<< "Housing: "; cin>>housing; TotalActual+=housing; cout<< "Food: "; cin>>food; TotalActual+=food; cout<< "Automobile: "; cin>>automobile; TotalActual+=automobile; cout<< "Insurance: "; cin>>insurance; TotalActual+=insurance; cout<< "Debt: "; cin>>debt; TotalActual+=debt; cout<< "Entertainment: "; cin>>entertainment; TotalActual+=entertainment; cout<< "Clothing: "; cin>>clothing; TotalActual+=clothing; cout<< "Savings: "; cin>>savings; TotalActual+=savings; cout<< "Medical/Dental: "; cin>>MedicalDental; TotalActual+=MedicalDental; cout<< "Investments: "; cin>>investments; TotalActual+=investments; cout<< "Miscellaneous: "; cin>>miscellaneous; TotalActual+=miscellaneous; NetSpendableYearly=NetIncome(GrossIncome); NetSpendableMonthly=NetSpendableYearly/12; cout<<"\nThe Net Spendable for $"<<fixed<<setprecision(2)<<GrossIncome<<" is $"<<fixed <<setprecision(2)<<NetSpendableYearly<<" a year and $"<<fixed<<setprecision(2)<<NetSpendableMonthly <<" a month."<<endl; cout<<"\nThe budgetted spendings costs are: "<<endl<<endl; cout<<left<<setw(13)<<"Category:"<<setw(13)<<"Suggested"<<setw(14)<<"Yearly"<<setw(13)<<"Monthly"<<setw(13) <<"Actual"<<setw(13)<<"Difference"<<endl<<endl; HouseBudget=0.32*NetSpendableYearly; FoodBudget=0.13*NetSpendableYearly; AutoBudget=0.13* NetSpendableYearly; InsuranceBudget=0.05*NetSpendableYearly; DebtBudget=0.05*NetSpendableYearly; EntertainmentBudget=0.06*NetSpendableYearly; ClothingBudget=0.05*NetSpendableYearly; SavingsBudget=0.05*NetSpendableYearly; MedicalDentalBudget=0.04*NetSpendableYearly; InvestBudget=0.05*NetSpendableYearly; MiscBudget=0.07*NetSpendableYearly; HouseBudgetMonth=0.32*NetSpendableMonthly; FoodBudgetMonth=0.13*NetSpendableMonthly; AutoBudgetMonth=0.13*NetSpendableMonthly; InsuranceBudgetMonth=0.05*NetSpendableMonthly; DebtBudgetMonth=0.05*NetSpendableMonthly; EntertainmentBudgetMonth=0.06*NetSpendableMonthly; ClothingBudgetMonth=0.05*NetSpendableMonthly; SavingsBudgetMonth=0.05*NetSpendableMonthly; MedicalDentalBudgetMonth=0.04*NetSpendableMonthly; InvestBudgetMonth=0.05*NetSpendableMonthly; MiscBudgetMonth=0.07*NetSpendableMonthly; Balance=NetSpendableMonthly-TotalActual; cout<<fixed<<setprecision(2)<<left; cout<<setw(13)<<"Housing:"<<setw(13)<<"32%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<HouseBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<HouseBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<housing <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(HouseBudgetMonth-housing)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Food:"<<setw(13)<<"13%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<FoodBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<FoodBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<food <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(FoodBudgetMonth-food)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Auto:"<<setw(13)<<"13%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<AutoBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<AutoBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<automobile <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(AutoBudgetMonth-automobile)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Insurance:"<<setw(13)<<"5%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<InsuranceBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<InsuranceBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<insurance <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(InsuranceBudgetMonth-insurance)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Debt:"<<setw(13)<<"5%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<DebtBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<DebtBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<debt <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(DebtBudgetMonth-debt)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Entertain/Rec:"<<setw(13)<<"6%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<EntertainmentBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<EntertainmentBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<entertainment <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(EntertainmentBudgetMonth-entertainment)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Clothing:"<<setw(13)<<"5%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<ClothingBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<ClothingBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<clothing <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(ClothingBudgetMonth-clothing)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Savings:"<<setw(13)<<"5%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<SavingsBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<SavingsBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<savings <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(SavingsBudgetMonth-savings)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Med/Dental:"<<setw(13)<<"4%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<MedicalDentalBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<MedicalDentalBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<MedicalDental <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(MedicalDentalBudgetMonth-MedicalDental)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Investments:"<<setw(13)<<"5%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<InvestBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<InvestBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<investments <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(InvestBudgetMonth-investments)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"misc:"<<setw(13)<<"7%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<MiscBudget <<"$"<<setw(13)<<MiscBudgetMonth<<"$"<<setw(13)<<miscellaneous <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(MiscBudgetMonth-miscellaneous)<<endl; cout<<setw(13)<<"Total:"<<setw(13)<<"100%"<<"$"<<setw(13)<<NetSpendableYearly <<"$"<<setw(13)<<NetSpendableMonthly<<"$"<<setw(13)<<TotalActual <<"$"<<setw(13)<<(Balance)<<endl; BalanceCheck(Balance); cin.get(); // make DOS window stay open cin.get(); return 0; } double NetIncome(double number) { double value; if (number<=7550) value=number-(0.10*number)-(0.10*number); else if (number<=30650) value=number-(0.10*number)-(0.15*number); else if (number<=74200) value=number-(0.10*number)-(0.25*number); else if (number<=154800) value=number-(0.10*number)-(0.28*number); else if (number<=336550) value=number-(0.10*number)-(0.33*number); else value=number-(0.10*number)-(0.35*number); return value; } void BalanceCheck(double number) { if (number<0) cout<<"This budget has a deficit of $"<<setprecision(2)<<number<<" a month."<<endl<<endl; else if (number==0) cout<<"This budget has a zero balance of $"<<setprecision(2)<<number<<" a month."<<endl<<endl; else cout<<"This budget has a surplus of $"<<setprecision(2)<<number<<" a month."<<endl<<endl; }