Can't figure out what's wrong with my Random Number Generator in C

[csisock]

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


    #define MAX_VALUE = 6;
    #define MIN_VALUE = 1;
    const int NUMBER_OF_VALUES =(6 - 1 + 1);
    const int NUMBER_OF_TRIALS = 1000;
    
    int main()
    {
        int count[NUMBER_OF_VALUES];
        int i;
        int value = i + MIN_VALUE;
        for (i=0;i<NUMBER_OF_TRIALS;i++)
        {
            int position;
            int random;
            double randomReal;
            randomReal = rand()/(((double)RAND_MAX)+1)) * NUMBER_OF_VALUES + MIN_VALUE;
            random = (int)(randomReal);
            position = random - MIN_VALUE;
            count[position] = count[position]+1;
        }
        printf("Counts\n");
        for (i=0;i<NUMBER_OF_VALUES;i++)
        {
            printf("%d : %d\n",(value), count[i]);
        }
        int expectedCount;
        expectedCount = NUMBER_OF_TRIALS/NUMBER_OF_VALUES;
        printf("The expected count is %d\n",expectedCount);
        printf("Distance From Average\n");
        for (i=0;i<NUMBER_OF_VALUES;i++)
        {
            int distanceFromExpected;
            distanceFromExpected = count[i] - NUMBER_OF_TRIALS/NUMBER_OF_VALUES;
            printf("%d : %d\n",(value),abs(distanceFromExpected));
        }
    }

Every time I try to run it, I get these errors:

**** Build of configuration Release for project RandomNumberCheckerInC ****

make all 
Building target: RandomNumberCheckerInC
Invoking: GCC C Linker
gcc  -o"RandomNumberCheckerInC"  ./randomNumberChecker.o   
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 0 has invalid symbol index 11
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 1 has invalid symbol index 12
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 2 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 3 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 4 has invalid symbol index 11
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 5 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 6 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 7 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 8 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 9 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 10 has invalid symbol index 12
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 11 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 12 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 13 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 14 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 15 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 16 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 17 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 18 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 19 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 20 has invalid symbol index 20
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x20): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [RandomNumberCheckerInC] Error 1

Which I figure to mean that there's no main method but I clearly have a main method in my program. I'm just a beginner C
programmer using Eclipse to build and run my code. Why won't my current code work correctly?

[DeeMan]

i think you should initialize, intposition, intrandom, doublerandomReal, outside of the for loop.

[csisock]

Eclipse has lines 14, 20, and 22 underlines as 'syntax errors'. All of which include MIN_VALUE so I think the problem lies in there somewhere but I can't figure it out.

[whiteflags]

#defines don't end with semi-colons
#defines and other preprocessor instructions should begin at column 0

> int i;
> int value = i + MIN_VALUE;
i is being used before it is initialized.

[csisock]

#defines don't end with semi-colons
#defines and other preprocessor instructions should begin at column 0

> int i;
> int value = i + MIN_VALUE;
i is being used before it is initialized.

I understand the first part about the #defines, they were just errors on my part because I'm so used to putting semi-colons on everything. But I'm unsure about what you mean with i being used before it's initialized.

[whiteflags]

C doesn't give initial values to variables when you define them. You might think i is equal to zero when you define it (and it might turn out that it actually is) but you shouldn't assume that it is. As I said, C doesn't make i zero just because you defined it, you have to set a value yourself.

It is such a common mistake that it is a warning. And even though you won't say what Eclipse's errors are, that's my best guess.

[csisock]

C doesn't give initial values to variables when you define them. You might think i is equal to zero when you define it (and it might turn out that it actually is) but you shouldn't assume that it is. As I said, C doesn't make i zero just because you defined it, you have to set a value yourself.

It is such a common mistake that it is a warning. And even though you won't say what Eclipse's errors are, that's my best guess.

Alright, so I fixed that but still when I build the code, this is what is output in the console:

**** Build of configuration Release for project RandomNumberCheckerInC ****
 
make all 
Building target: RandomNumberCheckerInC
Invoking: GCC C Linker
gcc  -o"RandomNumberCheckerInC"  ./randomNumberChecker.o   
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 0 has invalid symbol index 11
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 1 has invalid symbol index 12
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 2 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 3 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 4 has invalid symbol index 11
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 5 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 6 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 7 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 8 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 9 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 10 has invalid symbol index 12
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 11 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 12 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 13 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 14 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 15 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 16 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 17 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 18 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 19 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 20 has invalid symbol index 20
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x20): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [RandomNumberCheckerInC] Error 1

Please bear with me, I'm used to Java. I'm just trying to learn C on my own because I feel it would be beneficial.

[whiteflags]

OK, well one thing that can lead to these errors is building incorrectly.

C:\Users\Josh2\Documents>gcc -Wall -std=c99 -c csisock.c

C:\Users\Josh2\Documents>gcc csisock.o -o csisock

When you want to get an o file, you should use the -c option before you link. When you want to get an exe file, you should use the -o.

It is also highly likely that the compile stage just never worked, so there was no o file to begin with.

csisock.c: In function 'main':
csisock.c:14:25: error: expected expression before '=' token
csisock.c:20:55: error: expected ';' before ')' token
csisock.c:20:55: error: expected statement before ')' token
csisock.c:20:57: error: invalid type argument of unary '*' (have 'int')
csisock.c:20:78: error: expected expression before '=' token
csisock.c:22:33: error: expected expression before '=' token

I had to fix these. In addition to the earlier comment I made, you do not need to assign defines. It is a simple text substitution, so all you have to do is write what value you want the define to stand for after some white space. The other errors on line 20 were caused by unbalanced parens.

If you can't find a place to read Eclipse's error digest and post it here, you really shouldn't be using it. I'm sorry but I just find that unacceptable.

At any rate I will attach a "fixed" file. Get it to work for you somehow.