Thread: missing prototype ?

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    missing prototype ?

    I did put in the function prototype, but it said missing ..

    Code:
    #include<stdio.h>
    
    
    int fnDeterminePrice(int);
    float fnCalc(float , int);
    void fnPrintResult(float);
    void fnMenu();
    
    
    int main() 
    {
    	int iCode, iQty;
    	float fPrice, fPay;
    
    
    	fnMenu();
    
    
    	printf("enter item code and quantity:");
    	scanf("%d %d", &iCode,&iQty);
    
    
    	fPrice = fnDeterminePrice( iCode);
    	fPay = fnCalc( fPrice , iQty);
    
    
    	fnPrintResult(fPay);
    
    
    	return 0;
    }
    
    
    void fnMenu()
    {
    	printf("1:Nasi lemak , 2:mee, 3 : sushi ");
    }
    
    
    int fnDeterminePrice( int itemCode)
    {
    	float fPricing;
    	switch (itemCode) 
    	{ 
    		case 1 : fPricing = 1.50; break; 
    		case 2 : fPricing = 2.00; break;
    		case 3 : fPricing - 3.40; break;
    		default : fPricing = 0.00;
    	}
    	return (fPricing);
    }
    
    
    float fnCalc( float fitemPrice , int iQuantity ) 
    {
    	float total;
    	total = fitemPrice * iQuantity ;
    	return ( total);
    }
    
    
    void fnPrintResult( float fPayment )
    {
    	printf("the price is %.3f " , fPayment);
    }
    can someone tell me the mistakes ?
    thank you

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    What's the exact error you're receiving? Copy it and paste it here.

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    Building slideshow3.obj.
    C:\Users\Eric\Documents\Pelles C Projects\C4\slideshow3.c(27): warning #2027: Missing prototype for 'fnMenu'.
    Done.


    this is the error

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    That's certainly there. Something weird with Pelles C, like maybe you didn't save the file after you added the prototype?

    Also, I get this warning:

    Code:
    foo.c:47:21: warning: expression result unused [-Wunused-value]
                    case 3 : fPricing - 3.40; break;

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    ok..so it means that error is some kind of bug ?

    ok..thanks .I have fix that

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    I would change the prototype and the definition to be:
    Code:
    void fnMenu(void)
    The item in the declaration list:
    Code:
    void fnMenu();
    just defines the return type but not the parameters. This was used in K&R C. I am not sure what the standard says about whether this is a "prototype" or not.

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    putting the void in it clear the error

    thank you !

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    just defines the return type but not the parameters. This was used in K&R C. I am not sure what the standard says about whether this is a "prototype" or not.
    Yes both are "prototypes" but one takes no arguments (void), the other can take an unspecified number of arguments. The following is legal in C.

    Code:
    int test();
    
    int main()
    {
    
       test();
       test(1);
       test(1, "HELLO");
    }
    
    int test(int one, char* two)
    {
       return(0);
    }
    Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by pheininger
    just defines the return type but not the parameters. This was used in K&R C. I am not sure what the standard says about whether this is a "prototype" or not.
    Quote Originally Posted by jimblumberg
    Yes both are "prototypes" but one takes no arguments (void), the other can take an unspecified number of arguments.
    No, the declaration without the void is not a function prototype.
    Quote Originally Posted by C99 Clause 6.7.5.3 Paragraph 14c
    The empty list in a function declarator that is not part of a definition of that function specifies that no information about the number or types of the parameters is supplied.
    Quote Originally Posted by C99 Clause 6.2.1 Paragraph 2d
    A function prototype is a declaration of a function that declares the types of its parameters.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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