Globaly defining variables
I am making a game and i need to reference to a variable that holds a texture so i define it in my main.cpp file, but for some reason it still errors when it goes to compile the other files that use it saying that it cant find the variables, Then when i made a .h file and put the def in there it had a lnk error saying it was multiply defined. Is there some kind of special global variable i hav eto define???????????
Thanks ~Doug
file 1:
someType someVar;
file 2:
extern someType someVar;
Vola, that's all there is to it. Don't put it in a header.
Quzah.
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look up the extern storage specifier.
define the variable in 1 file and then declare it as extern wherever else you use it.
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And the FAQ is here :- http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi
Create a global header file, include only in main file.
Declare all globals as extern in files as needed.
Use conditional comp
#ifndef MY_HEADER
#def MY_HEADER
//all the header stuff is included only once in a
//project but header file can still be #included in all files
#endif
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multiply defined variables
but what if you are doing an assignment that encourages you to use headers???
is the #ifndef - #endif loop not working?
Why use a global?
Try this (the type will be int in this example):
int setValue(int x) {
static int theVariable = NULL;
if(x != NULL)
theVariable = x;
return theVariable;
}
int getValue() {
return setValue(NULL);
}
You can now have access to 'theVariable' anywhere in your program.
