[Linker error] undefined reference to `WinMain@16'

[Fastian]

I tried writing following code but it says ''
[Linker error] undefined reference to `WinMain@16'

What should I do??

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    
int count;
char word[30];
char story[20]; 
}
void countword();


    
    ifstream fin;
    fin.open("STORY.TXT");
    char word[30];
    int count=0;
    while(!fin.eof())
    {
        fin>>word;
        if(strcmpi(word,"the")==0)
            count++;
    }
    cout<<"Number of the word in file are "<<count;
    fin.close();
    system("pause");

}

[brewbuck]

You created the project as a Windows project instead of a console project. Re-create it as a console project. Or, if using Visual Studio, right-click on the project, choose Properties, go to Linker then System, and set the Subsystem configuration option to Console.

[Elysia]

If countword is supposed to be a function, then there should be no semicolon after the line.
Also, you need to stop using char arrays. Use std::string.
There is no need to manually close a stream. Just let it go out of scope.
system is evil, don't use it. Learn how to pause the console in other ways.
And just while we're at it, you probably don't know so, there are C++ arrays as well as C arrays. C++ arrays are known as std::array. Look it up!

[rags_to_riches]

There's more than that wrong with the code. Probably because he didn't go to class and is likely just copying and pasting code.

[Elysia]

Uh-oh. Let's blacklist cppforschool.com.
Clearly it is using C mixed in with C++ code and is prone for buffer overruns, too. Who knows what other kinds of crap is there?
OP: Get a beginner's book such as C++ Primer (and read it!) and stop visiting cppforschool.com.

[Fastian]

Can u plzz correct it for me???

[Elysia]

No, do it yourself. Otherwise you will not learn.