compiler help

[ZakkWylde969]

Hi, my name is Justin. I am new here and also to programming. Ok so i was doing my first bit of code which is...

#include <stdio.h>

void main()
{
   printf(" Hey world");
}

Yes, it is simple. The code is not the problem though. Anyhow so I go to compile and run (almost forgot i am using Dev C++ as my compiler). It compiles fine with no errors. But when I click execute it does nothing. I went through the help file but i still could not figure out what i am doing wrong.

Thanks,


Justin

[the Wookie]

is there an option for build? i know in VS if you do 'build' it will also run it


zakk wylde == good guitarist, BLS == good band

[damonbrinkley]

Don't double-click to execute because it's a console app and will probably just flash a screen and go away. Your best bet is to open up a command prompt, cd into the directory where the program is located, and run the program from there. It should run fine from there.

NOTE: Note sure where you're learning from but you shouldn't be using void main

[ZakkWylde969]

I am "teaching myself" from a book called ' Beginning C' by Ivor Horton. It is a Wrox book. I hear allot of good things about the book. No there is not a build option either.

Ok. So to run it from my command prompt i should type this in right.

 
/run C:\Documents and Settings\Justin\Desktop\Compiled files\My first program.exe

And another thing. the line void main is saying only that the main returns no value. At least its what the book told me in the description of the lines.

[Shogun]

if the program still doesn't run you could try and add \n at the end if there is somthing poping up after words like a line witch says "dictory/somthing/somthing" then it will overwright what your program wrote I know I hade this problem in the begining (still in the begining though) alothugh I was using a the X term in redhat.

And you really should use int main ()

[CodeMaster]

Justin welcome to the beautifully crypted world of
C programming.
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I did not quite get the compiler that you are using,
however if it is a MSVC++; you should build your
code <F7>.

Since you are writting a Console 32 app, you
should press the '!' icon witihn your IDE.
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I would suggest that you go to the BORLAND website
and get the free compiler. It doesn't provide an IDE
however you can compile at the DOS prompt.
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NOTE: If you don't like the DOS prompt you will
not get to far with C. Start trying to
write your C code within editor like
Edit (DOS), Notepad (windows), and
the such. You should not be heavily
reliant on an IDE, your compiler should
do the work for you.
When you have a good solid foundation
in structuring your code, strings, pointers,
structures, functions, and writting your
own header files ... then you will have a
better enjoyment of all of the IDE out there
that offer things like 'view highlighting'
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I hoped that my advise help you, because we ALL
have been were you are at.
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Salem I love your animation on ((void && int) main)
expression.
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[Shiro]

> And another thing. the line void main is saying only that the
> main returns no value.

A program should always return a value. Therefore main() should be of type int and return a value. This informs the environment of how the program has finished.

[WaltP]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CodeMaster
NOTE: If you don't like the DOS prompt you will not get to far with C.
[QUOTE]

Are you saying an IDE is difficult to learn C with because
1) they are based on C++?
or
2) they like to hand-hold you and gives you the parameter lists for functions and keep track of names and such?

If 2, I can see your point to a small degree. But in the larger picture, I'd rather let the IDE give me the syntax necessary and let me analyze, conceptualize, and basically be creative.

But, for a beginner, you should have already analyzed, conceptualized, and created your code before you actually sat down to enter it into the computer.

If 1, I completely disagree. I write C code almost exclusively, and MSC++ works just fine. But I don't think this is what you meant.

[CodeMaster]

WaltP,

In deed this was not what I meant at all.

Personally I find the help with the parameters lists as you
stated in your last post most helpful; this feature is called
INTELLISENSE.

You see most app that I currently write in C are console
based, and most people whom I encounter find that
working at the DOS ... the black screen ... to be very,
very scary.

I thank you for your request, WaltP.

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Justin,

How's the C programming comming along?