'functions' in make?

heres my newest make file problem. maybe this will make sense soon.

heres my make file:

Code:

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str_remove.o : str_remove.c
        gcc -c str_remove.c
        ar -cr str_remove.a
        ranlib str_remove.a
str_replace.o : str_replace.c
        gcc -c str_replace.c
        ar -cr str_replace.a
        ranlib str_replace.a
str_copy.o : str_copy.c
        gcc -c str_copy.c
        ar -cr str_copy.a
        ranlib str_copy.a
str_count.o : str_count.c
        gcc -c str_count.c
        ar -cr str_count.a
        ranlib str_count.a
str_insert.o : str_insert.c
        gcc -c str_insert.c
        ar -cr str_insert.a
        ranlib str_insert.a
str_move.o : str_move.c str_remove.c str_insert.c
        gcc -c str_move.c str_remove.c str_insert.c
        ar -cr str_move.a
        ranlib str_move.a
.PHONY: all clean
all:
        str_remove.o
        str_replace.o
        str_copy.o
        str_count.o
        str_insert.o
        str_move.o
clean:
        rm *.o
        rm *.a

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when i run make all i get

Code:

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str_remove.o
process_begin: CreateProcess(I:\libraries\strings\str_remove.o, str_remove.o, ..
.) failed.
make (e=193): Error 193make: *** [all] Error 193

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so can you use rules as functions? whats wrong?

No need for a new thread, we're still going with the old one