I am just starting out with c++ and need some help. When i try to compile this:
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
cout <<"HEY, you, I'm alive! Oh, and Hello World!";
return 0;
}
with borland c++ 5.5 i get these 2 errors:
1: unable to open include file 'iostream'
5: undefined symbol 'cout' in function main()
thx in advance.
sounds like your path to your header files is wrong
and for the code put this at the top when you get the path right
Code:#include <iostream> using std::cout;
Woop?
change
iostream
to
iostream.h
what are you talking about bball that is a deprecated header file
[edit] can't type [/edit]
Last edited by prog-bman; 07-28-2004 at 06:31 PM.
Woop?
iostream.h is a deprecated(antiquated, which is used to compile older c++ programs) header file - in 1998(?) there were new standards, and all c++ header files lose the .h (c headers add a 'c' to the beginning of the header and lose the .h), and now all C++ commands in the headers are in the std namespace(so, if you're using more commands that just cout, you could type using namespace std instead of using std::command)
Last edited by nbk; 07-28-2004 at 06:44 PM.
Actually, deprecated specifically means that the header file is standard, but it might be removed from the standard in the future, so you are encouraged to use the new headers. The C Runtime library headers with the .h are deprecated. The old C++ libraries like iostream.h are not deprecated, because that would mean that they are standard. They are just old (antiquated) and non-standard.
It is certainly possible that your compiler does not recognize the new, standard headers like iostream. In that case, you will have to use <iostream.h>, or better yet, get a newer compiler. If that compiler is supposed to support the new headers, then the problem might be your installation or setup like prog-bman said originally.
BC 5.5 does support <iostream> so you just need to check your bcc32.cfg
it should have something that resembles this -I"C:\BCC55\INCLUDE
Woop?
