I was just reading a c++ tutorial and it said that you can make a .cpp file (cplus.cpp for example) save it, then create and new .cpp file and include cplus.h. can you use your own file with smalls bits of data like a class and turn it into a header file?
Pretty simple. Say I want to have a class Foo in a header file. It may look something like this:
Probably not explained well, but whenever you need that class Foo, just include "foo.h" or whatever you saved it as. Make sure you have the .h extension also. Have any questions just ask. Also where i defined FOO_H , that can be whatever you want really.Code:// If this header file isn't already included.... #ifndef FOO_H // Define the constant FOO_H so it won't be // included more than once... #define FOO_H // Your definitions go here!! class Foo { private: int m_x; int m_y; public: Foo(); ~Foo(); }; // This is the end of our definitions #endif
"...the results are undefined, and we all know what "undefined" means: it means it works during development, it works during testing, and it blows up in your most important customers' faces." --Scott Meyers
whats #ifndef and would i save this file .h?
1) #ifndef is a preprocessor directive. It simply says, If this is not defined, continue. You have FOO_H after that so it checks to see if another one of your cpp files already included the header. You don't want to include the same stuff twice..Originally posted by Unregistered
whats #ifndef and would i save this file .h?
2) Yes, you would save this as a .h file.
thank you
Ok. I have created some .h file, it contains declarations. But where can I put definitions? They must be in some .cpp file, I think. For example function bodies will be in that .cpp. And how can I tell compiler that I want to use this .cpp always when I am including my .h file?
Headerfile.h
#ifndef UNIQUENAME
#define UNIQUENAME
class whatever
{
//User class declarations and inline methods
}
#endif
Sourcefile.cpp
#include Headerfile.h
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
void mymethod::whatever (int something)
{
//method definitions
}
Main.cpp
#include Headerfile.h
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
//The program
}
It goes something like that. If I made some error than correct it, but you get the picture. I have not used C++ in about 8 months, but I remember it something like this.
