Compilation Error. Need help

Ok. I'm doing a Towers of Hanoi project and it's supposed to be a multi file program. I keep getting this error and I can't figure out why.
hanoi.c:4: error: redefinition of ‘hanoi’
hanoi.h:5: error: previous definition of ‘hanoi’ was here
Here's the code for hanoi.h

Code:

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void makeMove(int, int);
void hanoi(int, int, int, int);


extern in n;
extern int noOfMoves;
enum stacks{A = 1, B, C};

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and for hanoi.c

Code:

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#include "hanoi.h"

void hanoi(int n, int src, int dest, int by)
{
        if(n == 1)
        {
                makeMove(src, dest);
        }
        else
        {
                hanoi(n - 1, src, by, dest);
                makeMove(src, dest);
                hanoi(n-1, by, dest, src);
        }
}

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What does the rest of it look like?

do you inlcude hanoi.h in another .c file? If so, you're loading the definitions within hanoi.h twice... in hanoi.h add the following to the TOP of the file

Code:

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#ifndef __HANOI_H    // or some other unique identifier
#define __HANOI_H

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then at the VERY BOTTOM of hanoi.h add

Code:

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#endif

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This will prevent the error you're experiencing

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Bladactania

in hanoi.h add the following to the TOP of the file

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Names that contain consecutive underscores, or that begin with an underscore followed by an uppercase letter, are reserved to the implementation for any use. As such, even though it is unlikely to matter, I would suggest removing those two leading underscores from the header inclusion guard macro name.

I wasn't aware of that. Thanks...