Thread: Simple Question Regarding Functions in Separate Files

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    Simple Question Regarding Functions in Separate Files

    I'm borderline embarrassed to be posting a question that I know the answer is probably going to be super-trivial to.

    All I'm trying to do is call a function from my main file that I've declared/defined in a separate file, but I'm getting a link error when I try to do it and don't know what the problem is.

    hello_world.cpp:
    Code:
    #include "stdafx.h"#include <stdio.h>
    
    
    #include "print.h"
    
    
    int main() {
    
    
        printTest();
    
    
        return 0;
    }
    print.h:
    Code:
    void printTest();
    print.cpp:
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    
    void printTest()
    {
        cout << "test!" << endl;
    }
    If someone could put me out of my misery here I'd be most obliged
    Last edited by chopshardiman; 08-20-2012 at 08:58 AM.

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    Should have included the error I'm getting obv:

    Code:
    Error	1	error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl printTest(void)" (?printTest@@YAXXZ)	hello_world.obj

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    Include the print.h file in print.cpp and see what happens

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    It looks like you forgot to add print.cpp to your project. Your error message is telling you it can't find the implementation.

    Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimblumberg View Post
    It looks like you forgot to add print.cpp to your project. Your error message is telling you it can't find the implementation.

    Jim
    Yep, that was it - I had assumed creating a new file and putting it in the directory would do the job, thanks for the help!

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    obviously you're using visual studio. why not just use the project system that's built into it? it handles compiling the proper files automatically.

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