Thread: Linker Error! Oh No!

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    Linker Error! Oh No!

    OK heres the deal see, I'm playing around with C++'s rand functions n' such, When I decide I want to make a dice rolling sim. here is what I have:

    Code:
    /******************************************
     *          Die Roll Simulator           **
     *     Coded by Seth Collins             **
     *   Made to provide random numbers as   ** 
     *    Quickly and efficeintly as dice    **
     ******************************************/
     
    /* Includes: iostream, ctime, windows.h, cstdlib, time.h */
    #include <iostream>
     #include <ctime>
      #include <windows.h>
       #include <cstdlib>
        #include <time.h>
    /* Namespace: STD standard */
    using namespace std;
    /* Variables:
     * iSides = integer, reprisents number of sides on die
     * iNumbr = integer, represents number of dice
     * iTotal = integer, total after rolled dice are added togather
     */
    int iSides;
    int iNumbr;
    int iTotal;
    /*RandInt Function
     *creates RandInt funct for easy reading
     */
    int RandInt(int a, int b){
        return a + rand() % (b - a + 1);
    }
    /* d4 Function
     * This defines the four sided die
     */
    int d4(int iNumbr){
        for ( true;iNumbr;iNumbr--){
                        srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));
                        iTotal += RandInt(1,4);
        }
    }
    /* d6 Function
     * This defines the six sided die
     */
    int d6(int iNumbr){
        for(true;iNumbr;iNumbr--){
                        srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));
                        iTotal += RandInt(1,6);
        }
    }
    /* d8 Function
     * This defines the eight sided die
     */
    int d8(int iNumbr){
        for(true;iNumbr;iNumbr--){
                        srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));
                        iTotal += RandInt(1,8);
        }
    }
    /* d10 Function
     * This defines the ten sided die
     */
    int d10(int iNumbr){
        for(true;iNumbr;iNumbr--){
                        srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));
                        iTotal += RandInt(1,10);
        }
    }
    /* d12 Function
     * This defines the twelve sided die
     */
    int d12(int iNumbr){
        for(true;iNumbr;iNumbr--){
                        srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));
                        iTotal += RandInt(1,12);
        }
    }
    /* d20 Function
     * This defines the twenty sided die
     */
    int d20(int iNumbr){
        for(true;iNumbr;iNumbr--){
                        srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));
                        iTotal += RandInt(1,20);
        }
    }
     /* Main Function 
      * In the sceme of things this Fuction is merely a moderator
      * no matter how puney, it ties the other functions togather
      */
    int Main(int iSides, int iTotal, int iNumbr){
        cout << " \n  Dice Roller v1.!\n::::::::::::::::::::"   //Title and version
            << "\n:::::How many dice are you going to Roll? "; //prompt # o' dice
        cin >> iNumbr;    // input variable iNumbr
        do{              // do{}while() loop
              cout <<"\n:::::Alright! How many sides are on the dice?"//prompt sides
                 << " 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 20? ";                     //options
              cin >> iSides;                                        //input iSides
              if(iSides != 4 || iSides != 6 || iSides != 8 || iSides != 10  //if
                    || iSides != 12 || iSides != 20){                      //user
                              cout << "What? 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 20! \n"; //tamer
              }else{            //else conditional for good users
                    break;     //break loop
              }               //
       }while(true);         //
       if(iSides==4){
                d4(iNumbr);
        }
        if(iSides==6){
                d6(iNumbr);
        }
        if(iSides==8){
                d8(iNumbr);
        }
        if(iSides==10){
                  d10(iNumbr);
        }
        if(iSides==12){
                  d12(iNumbr);
        }
        if(iSides==20){
                  d20(iNumbr);
        }
    }
    I keep getting a Linker Error, like the one below :::

    [Linker error] undefined reference to 'WinMain@16'
    Id returned 1 exit status
    Whats going on!!! ;_;

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    You need to compile as a console app, not a Windows app.

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    You need a function called main that specifies a return value of int. You have a function called Main. Case matters, so the linker cannot find main when you only have Main.

    Also, the proper parameters for main are either none or int, char**. So I'd change it to this:
    Code:
    int main()
    {
      // code here
    }
    You use the parameters int iSides, int iTotal, int iNumbr, as if they were local variables. Those should be local variables in main, not function parameters.

    >> You need to compile as a console app, not a Windows app.
    This might be the problem, but I think the same error appears either way if you fail to provide an actual main.
    Last edited by Daved; 10-22-2007 at 06:11 PM.

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    By the way, do you notice any similarity in your d* functions that can be exploited?
    All the buzzt!
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    You also call srand() WAY too many times. Enough times to ensure rand() returns the same value each time.

    Once is enough, right at the start of main().
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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