Thread: Program Organisation in multiple files

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    Program Organisation in multiple files

    Suppose I want a program that uses a struct author. As I plan to make a big program, I want to organise it in different files:

    test.c will contain the main(), and will make use of the struct author

    author.h will contain the struct declaration and function declarations that work with author objects.

    author.c will contain the function implementations.

    So, the main file (test.c) will #include "author.h"

    My problem is that when I run this code, I won't work unless I put the struct declaration in both author.h and author.c:

    Code:
    struct author {
        /*members go here*/
    };
    typedef struct author author;
    What am I overlooking?
    Or is this the wrong way to organise a program?

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    Did you include author.h on author.c as well?

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    No I didn't and now I feel soooo stupid!

    Thanks, now it works with the struct declaration in author.h!

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