hmm aright
let me try and make these changes and see what happens
thanks

okay so i made a few changes, and it does print and output something BUT they are not the correct numbers.
Not sure how this could happen.

MY OUPUT:
46 50 10 55 50 46
49 10 55 50 46 53
10 55 52 46 49 10
55 46 50 10 54 57
46 52 10 55 49 46

and i should be getting something very different.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cmath>
#include <string>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctime>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

const int COLS = 6; //global parameter
void copyFile(int [][COLS], int);
void showArray(int [][COLS], int);

int main()
{
const int ROWS = 6;

int temp[ROWS][COLS];
copyFile(temp, ROWS);
showArray(temp, ROWS);

}

void copyFile(int temp[][COLS], int ROWS)
{
int tempfile;
ifstream infile;
infile.get();

infile.open("temperature.txt");
infile >> tempfile;

for(int row = 0; row < ROWS; row++)
{
for (int col = 0; col < COLS; col++)
{
temp[row][col] = infile.get();
}
}
infile.close();
}

void showArray(int temp[][COLS], int rows)
{
for(int x = 0; x < rows; x++)
{
for(int y = 0; y < COLS; y++)
{
cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
cout << setw(4) << temp[x][y] << " ";
}
cout << endl;
}
}

You need to show us the contents of "temperature.txt"

i did before but here it is again

OUTPUT SHOULD BE:
68.2 69.4 68.9 68.6 68.1 68.3
72.1 71.1 70.5 69.9 69.3 68.8
72.5 71.9 70.9 70.4 69.8 69.6
74.1 73.1 71.5 70.8 70.2 70.5
74.4 73.6 72.8 71.5 70.9 70.9
74.2 73.7 73.0 72.2 71.2 70.9

Well, you said it's the expected output, not input.

In that case, you're using array of integers to hold real values, this obviously cannot work. Besides, your first read goes to fill tempfile.

oh sorry yea i ment input.
okay, let me see if i can make some more changes

instead of labeling it as OUTPUT, you should have labelled it as input

lol yes i know, my mistake