Thread: Passing & Returning Arrays

Hi, I am trying to figure out why I cannot get my script to compile. My compiler says I have an undefined reference to my functions. Could someone tell me what it is I am missing?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iomanip.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>

char removePunct(char);
char removeSpace(char);



int main()
{
 const int MAXLENGTH = 25;
 const int MAXCHARS = 71;
 const int MAXLINES = 7;
 char record[MAXLENGTH] = "record.txt";
 char line[MAXCHARS];
 int ch, i;
 char entry;
 ifstream in_file;
 in_file.open(record); 



	  cout << "				Simple Character Processor " << endl;
      cout << endl;
      cout << "(R) . Read a new line from the file. " << endl;
      cout << "(P) . Print the current state of the line. " << endl;
      cout << "(M) . Remove all punctuation marks from the line. " << endl;
      cout << "(S) . Remove all spaces from the line. " << endl;
      cout << "(D) . Determine if the line is a palindrome. " << endl;
      cout << "(W) . Determine and output all starting positions of a given word in a line. " << endl;
      cout << "(Q) . Quit the program. " << endl;
      cout << endl;
      cout << "Enter Option > "; 
      cin >> entry;
      cout << endl;

   while (entry != 'q' || entry != 'Q')
   {
	  	 
	  if (entry == 'r'|| entry == 'R')
	  	 {

		 while((ch = in_file.peek()) != EOF )
	 	    {
     	 	in_file.getline(line, MAXCHARS, '\n');
     	 	break;
     	 	} //end while loop
			
			getch();
		 }
      else if (entry == 'p' || entry == 'P')
      	 {
		   cout << "The current state of the line is: " << endl;
		   cout << endl;
		   cout << line << endl;
		   }
      else if (entry == 'm' || entry == 'M')
 	  {
	   line[MAXCHARS] = removePunct(line[MAXCHARS]);
	  }
      else if (entry == 's' || entry == 'S')
       line[MAXCHARS] = removeSpace(line[MAXCHARS]);
         
      else if (entry == 'd' || entry == 'D')
         cout << "D works. " << endl;
         
      else if (entry == 'w' || entry == 'W')
         cout << "W works. " << endl;
         
      else if (entry == 'q' || entry == 'Q')	  
      	   break;
      
	  getch();
	  
	  
	  }

	  in_file.close();	  	  
	  getch();
   	  return 0;

} // end main

char removePunc(char words)
{
   
 const int MAXCHARS = 71;
 char i;
 
 	 
 for(i=0; i < MAXCHARS; i++)
 {
  		  if ((words < 32) || ((words > 33) && (words < 65)) || ((words > 90) && (words < 97)) || (words >122))
		  {
		  words = 32;
 		  }
 		   
 }// end i loop

 
 
 return(words);
   
}// end removepunc function

char removePunc(char words[])
{
 const int MAXCHARS = 71;
 
 int i, j;
 j=0;	 
 	 for(i=0; i < MAXCHARS; i++)
 	 {
	  
  		  if (words[i] != ' ')
		  
		  words[j++] = words[i]  ;
	 }//end i loop
   

 return(words[i]);
 
} //end removeSpace function

Originally Posted by jeffdavis_99

Hi, I am trying to figure out why I cannot get my script to compile. My compiler says I have an undefined reference to my functions. Could someone tell me what it is I am missing?

Your compiler has already told you:

You are missing the definitions of functions removePunct() and removeSpace(). You prototyped them and you invoked them, but you never defined them. (At least not in this file.)

Regards,

Dave

Originally Posted by Dave Evans

Your compiler has already told you:

You are missing the definitions of functions removePunct() and removeSpace(). You prototyped them and you invoked them, but you never defined them. (At least not in this file.)

Regards,

Dave

How did I not define them? I thought they were defined on the first line of the function.

Originally Posted by jeffdavis_99

How did I not define them? I thought they were defined on the first line of the function.

You have declared that they are functions that take a char as an argument and return a char. So the compiler knows how to implement the function calls and to make the returned value available to the calling program.

You have not implemented the functions. Where is the code that performs whatever task the functions are supposed to do? The linker can't find them. That's what I mean by "not defined" and that's what the message "undefined reference" means.

Regards,

Dave

you should use a switch for that instead of while letter is this and this.....

Code:

switch (entry)
{
   case 'R': case 'r':
        statement;
        break;
   case 'P': case 'p':
        statement;
        break;
   case 'M': case 'm':
        statement;
        break;
   case 'S': case 's':
        statement;
        break;
   case 'D': case 'd':
        statement;
        break;
   case 'W': case 'w':
        statement;
        break;
   case 'Q': case 'q':
        exit = true;      //put program in a while that states while(!exit)
        break;
   default:
        cout<< "Invalid entry...please re-enter" << endl;
}

I guess I don't under stand this. I made the functions seperately to make sure they worked and feed them both character strings to test them. They performed the tasks that I coded them to do. The functions are returning a value to be assigned to "line" ie,

line[MAXCHARS] = removePunct(line[MAXCHARS]);

Originally Posted by jeffdavis_99

I guess I don't under stand this. I made the functions seperately to make sure they worked and feed them both character strings to test them. They performed the tasks that I coded them to do. The functions are returning a value to be assigned to "line" ie,

line[MAXCHARS] = removePunct(line[MAXCHARS]);

What compiler are you using? You have to tell the compiler about all of the files that are part of your project.

So, for example, with g++, if your main program is in a file named main.cpp and your functions are in funcs.cpp, then if you do this:

g++ main.cpp

You will get some kind of "undefined reference" error message.

What you could do is something like this:

g++ main.cpp funcs.cpp

If you are using a GUI such as dev-cpp or VisualStudio, you have to make all of the source files part of the project.

If you don't understand what I am getting at, then tell us exactly what files you have and how you are compiling them (what Operating System, what compiler.)

Regards,

Dave

I am using dev-cpp. The only file I am using is a .txt file that has a list of palindromes that the main function is reading in. Are you saying that I should have a specific #include that I did not list on my original posting?

Originally Posted by jeffdavis_99

I am using dev-cpp. The only file I am using is a .txt file that has a list of palindromes that the main function is reading in. Are you saying that I should have a specific #include that I did not list on my original posting?

I am really sorry that I didn't see exactly what you had in your file.

You do not have a function named removePunct() or a function named removeSpace() defined in your file. That's what the compiler is complaining about. Somehow I thought they must be in separate files that should have been part of your project.

Now that I am looking, however, I see that you have two functions named removePunc(). An obvious copy-and-paste error that you should be able to fix.

Sorry about my previous not-very-helpful responses.

Regards,

Dave