i see the file but when i open it nothing is in it in c++ i/o stream and dont know why

Question

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    ifstream in_stream; // reads ITEMSLIST.txt
    ofstream out_stream1; // writes in listWititems.txt
    ifstream in_stream2; // reads PRICELIST.txt
    ofstream out_stream3;// writes in listWitprices.txt
    ifstream in_stream4;// read display.txt
    ofstream out_stream5;// write showitems.txt
    double p1=0.0,p2=0.0;
    int wrong=0;
    int count =0;
    char next;
    in_stream.open("ITEMLIST.txt", ios::in); // list of avaliable items
     /*if( in_stream.fail() )// check to see if itemlist.txt is open
            {
               wrong++;   // counts number of errors
               cout << " the error occured here0, you have " << wrong++ << " errors"  << endl;
               cout << "Error opening the file\n" << endl;
               exit(1);
            }
         else{
             cout << " System ran correctly " << endl;
            }

        */
    out_stream1.open("listWititems.txt", ios::out); // list of avaliable items
    /* if( out_stream1.fail() )// check to see if itemlist.txt is open
            {
               wrong++;
               cout << " the error occured here0, you have " << wrong++ << " errors"  << endl;
               cout << "Error opening the file\n" << endl;
               exit(1);
            }
         else{
             cout << " System ran correctly " << endl;
            }
    */       
    in_stream2.open("PRICELIST.txt", ios::in);           
     /*if( in_stream2.fail() )// check to see if itemlist.txt is open
            {
               wrong++;
               cout << " the error occured here0, you have " << wrong++ << " errors"  << endl;
               cout << "Error opening the file\n" << endl;
               exit(1);
            }
         else{
             cout << " System ran correctly " << endl;
            }
     */
    out_stream3.open("listWitdollars.txt", ios::out);            
     /*if( out_stream3.fail() )// check to see if itemlist.txt is open
            {
               wrong++;
               cout << " the error occured here0, you have " << wrong++ << " errors"  << endl;
               cout << "Error opening the file\n" << endl;
               exit(1);
            }
         else{
             cout << " System ran correctly " << endl;
            }
    */
    in_stream4.open("display.txt", ios::in);
     /*if( in_stream4.fail() )// check to see if itemlist.txt is open
            {
               wrong++;
               cout << " the error occured here0, you have " << wrong++ << " errors"  << endl;
               cout << "Error opening the file\n" << endl;
               exit(1);
            }
         else{
             cout << " System ran correctly " << endl;
            }

    */
    out_stream5.open("showitems.txt", ios::out);
     /*if( out_stream5.fail() )// check to see if itemlist.txt is open
            {
               wrong++;
               cout << " the error occured here0, you have " << wrong++ << " errors"  << endl;
               cout << "Error opening the file\n" << endl;
               exit(1);
            }
         else{
             cout << " System ran correctly " << endl;
            }*/
    in_stream.setf(ios::fixed);
        while(!in_stream.eof()) // reads to end of file and gets p1 which is itemnum, clears and gets next character
            {
            in_stream >> p1;
            cin.clear();
            cin >> next;
            }
    out_stream1.setf(ios::fixed);
        while (!out_stream1.eof())
            {
            out_stream1 << p1;
            cin.clear();
            cin >> next;
            }
    in_stream2.setf(ios::fixed);
    in_stream2.setf(ios::showpoint);
    in_stream2.precision(2);
        while(!in_stream2.eof())  // reads file to end of file
            {
                  in_stream2 >> p1 >> p2 >> count; // gets p1,p2, and count which is current total
                  in_stream2 >> p2;
                  p1 += p2;
                  p2++;
                  cin.clear();  // allows more reading
                  cin >> next;
                  return p1, p2;
             }

    out_stream3.setf(ios::fixed);
    out_stream3.setf(ios::showpoint);
    out_stream3.precision(2);
        while(!out_stream3.eof())  // reads file to end of file
            {
                  out_stream3 << p1 << p2 << count;
                  out_stream3 << p2;
                  p1 += p2;
                  p2++;
                  cin.clear();  // allows more reading
                  cin >> next;
                  return p1, p2;
             }

    in_stream4.setf(ios::fixed);
    in_stream4.setf(ios::showpoint);
    in_stream4.precision(2);
        while (!in_stream4.eof())
        {
            in_stream4 >> p1 >> p2 >> count;
            cin.clear();
            cin >> next;
        }
    out_stream5.setf(ios::fixed);
    out_stream5.setf(ios::showpoint);
    out_stream5.precision(2);
        out_stream5 <<setw(5)<< " itemnum " <<setw(5)<<" price "<<setw(5)<<" curr_total " <<endl; // sends items and prices to receipt.txt 
        out_stream5 << setw(5) <<  p1 << setw(5) <<p2 << setw(5)<< count; // sends items and prices to receipt.txt 
        out_stream5 << " You have a total of " << wrong++ << " errors " << endl; 


  in_stream.close(); // closing files.
  out_stream1.close();
  in_stream2.close();
  out_stream3.close();
  in_stream4.close();
  out_stream5.close();
  system("pause");

}

Answer 1

i believ it is a problem with the ifstreams because ITEMSLIST.txt and PRICELIST.txt are the files that i downloaded and when "//" out the other files its only the ifstreams that are not opening correctly.