Thread: Errors when building program

  1. #1
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    Angry Errors when building program

    Hi all,

    Had a program that worked and compiled correctly and have since added the following function.

    int point()
    {
    FILE *pp;
    int findpoint=0, linepoint=1;
    char pointstemp[256];
    char pointsfilename[25];
    char pointsword[25];

    printf("Please enter file name: ");
    scanf("%s", pointsfilename);

    printf("Please enter word: ");
    scanf("%s", pointsword);

    if ((pp = fopen(pointsfilename, "r")) == NULL)
    return(-1);

    while( fgets(pointstemp, 256, pp) != NULL)
    {
    if ((strstr(pointstemp, pointsword)) !=NULL)
    {
    printf("Points are %d", linepoint);
    printf("%s", pointstemp);
    findpoint++;
    }

    linepoint++;
    }

    if (findpoint == 0)
    {
    printf("\nNo match found.\n");
    }

    menu();

    return 0;
    }

    The program complies with no errors or warnings (using Microsoft Visual Studio) but when i try to build the program the following errors occur!

    Linking...
    8.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _points
    Debug/8.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
    Error executing link.exe.

    8.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)

    Does anybody have any ideas why this is?

    Many thanks in advance.

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    >Does anybody have any ideas why this is?
    Without a more useful example of your problem, I would guess that you named the function point, but actually called points.

    -Prelude
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    All sorted now

    Thanks very much for the help.

    A very simple problem that has now been sorted. Couldn't see the wood for the trees!

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