Thread: WIP: Command line calculator. New to C

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    Now I'm running into a compile error when I declare an extern variable.

    I get this error from clang:
    Code:
    Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
      "_pmsdMath", referenced from:
          _funcPMSD in mathematics-99e99e.o
      "_pmsdNumber0", referenced from:
          _main in main-aa69d6.o
          _funcPMSD in mathematics-99e99e.o
      "_pmsdNumber1", referenced from:
          _main in main-aa69d6.o
          _funcPMSD in mathematics-99e99e.o
      "_pmsdTotal", referenced from:
          _funcPrintResult in mathematics-99e99e.o
    ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
    clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
    However, if I take out the extern variables, it compiles but doesn't print out any results.
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    You haven't grasped this "no global variables and pass parameters instead" thing.

    Code:
    void funcPMSD( int pmsdMath ) {
        double pmsdTotal;
        if(pmsdMath == 1) {
    And main calls it with
    Code:
    funcPMSD(pmsd);
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    Thank you! I don't know why my brain was making it so difficult to understand that but I got it!

    Thank you so much! It's working now!

    Thanks for helping with the breakthrough.

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