Budget Tracker (C++)

A simple command-line budget tracking application built in C++.

📌 Overview

This program allows users to:

• Add expenses
• View saved expenses
• Calculate total spending

It uses file input/output and structs to store and process data.

⚙️ Features

• Add new expenses (date, category, description, amount)
• Save data to a file (expenses.txt)
• View all recorded expenses
• Calculate total spending

🖥️ Example Output

===== Budget Tracker =====
1. Add expense
2. View expenses
3. Show total spent
4. Exit
Choose an option:

📂 Data Format

Expenses are saved in this format:

date|category|description|amount

Example:

04/20/2026|Food|Lunch|12.50

🛠️ Technologies Used

• C++
• File I/O
• Structs
• Console-based UI

🚀 Future Improvements

• Spending by category
• Monthly summaries
• Search/filter expenses

📚 What I Learned

• File handling in C++
• Struct-based data organization
• Building menu-driven applications