header files are driving me up the wall

I have gone thru the FAQ and have gone thru search but I am still confused. My header file has only the class and is using the macro guards and my cpp file has the actual functions with an include. I quickly wrote up a litte test prog, thinking my actual program may have other issues.

Code:

#include "tst.h"

int main()
{
	tst x;
	x.run();
	return (0);
}

Code:

#include "tst.h"

void tst::run()
{
 	cout<<"working";
}

Code:

#ifndef TST
#define TST

class tst
{
	private:
	  char ch;
	public:
	  void run();
};
#endif

If I try to run this exact program I get the following errors

Compiling RUN.CPP:
Linking run.exe:
Linker Warning: No module definition file specified: using defaults
Linker Error: Undefined symbol tst::run() in module RUN.CPP

But if I change the include in main to #include "tst.cpp" the program runs. Why is this

You need to link the files together. You'd do something like

g++ -o myprog.exe run.cpp test.cp

You're compiling only run.cpp, which when linked on it's own, can't find the run() function.

g++ -o myprog.exe run.cpp test.cp


Huh!!! What is that?? Where do I put it...and can you please explain it. I have never seen anything like that. They surely didn't show or say anything at uni or in any of the books I have.

>Huh!!! What is that??
Perhaps you could tell us what compiler you use and then how you are compiling and linking your program?

Its a borland 4.5. Our lecturer says that he will only run our programs on what the uni has. Well the format of the code is exactly as it is above and then I just run it. I dont have anything like hammer had written.

>I dont have anything like hammer had written.
That's because you're using an IDE instead of a command line invocation of the compiler. Unfortunately, I haven't used that dinosaur of a compiler in many a year, so you'll just have to read the help files on how to build a multi-file project.

Try this:

in the tst.cpp file add this line:

#include <iostream.h>

to get the cout object available to your program and in the tst.h file change the first two lines to this:

#ifndef TST_H
#define TST_H

ur university should have given u a unix account. if not go to help desk and tell them to give u a user name and pass, after uve gotten that u can log on from a shell and link ur program the way Hammer said.