Stdlib header help

Can someone please tell me why I am getting this error. I included <stdlib> (Im using visual 2005 pro so .h is not needed), but im not sure what happened.

c:\documents and settings\hp_administrator\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\fire\fire\mainfire.cpp(2) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdlib': No such file or directory

P.s. I did attempt to add .h at the end and got 11 errors

And as ALWAYS thanks

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Originally Posted by wikipedia.org

stdlib.h is the header of the general purpose standard library of C programming language which includes functions involving memory allocation, process control, conversions and others. It is compatible with C++ and is known as cstdlib in C++. The name "stdlib" stands for standard library.

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source = wiki

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Originally Posted by MacGaIn

(Im using visual 2005 pro so .h is not needed)

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having a different compiler/ide doesnt change the fact of having to include a .h file (for C) or not.

look up the C++ standard library to find out what header files you need. most common one would probably be iostream.

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Originally Posted by MaGaIn

Can someone please tell me why I am getting this error. I included <stdlib> (Im using visual 2005 pro so .h is not needed), but im not sure what happened.

c:\documents and settings\hp_administrator\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\fire\fire\mainfire.cpp(2) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdlib': No such file or directory

P.s. I did attempt to add .h at the end and got 11 errors

And as ALWAYS thanks

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The proper way to include that librairy is to include <cstdlib>.

The 11 errors you get after including it are probably not related, but did not surface before because you were not getting that far in compiling your programs before (the compiler bailed out before it found them).

Now I have the following errors:

------ Build started: Project: SafteyOffice, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
Compiling...
mainfire.cpp
c:\mainfire.cpp(5) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'name'
c:\mainfire.cpp(5) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
c:\mainfire.cpp(5) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
c:\mainfire.cpp(6) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'password'
c:\mainfire.cpp(6) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
c:\mainfire.cpp(6) : error C2086: 'int string' : redefinition
c:\mainfire.cpp(5) : see declaration of 'string'
c:\mainfire.cpp(6) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
c:\mainfire.cpp(19) : error C2446: '==' : no conversion from 'const char *' to 'int'
There is no context in which this conversion is possible
c:\mainfire.cpp(19) : error C2040: '==' : 'int' differs in levels of indirection from 'const char [16]'
c:\mainfire.cpp(19) : error C2446: '==' : no conversion from 'const char *' to 'int'
There is no context in which this conversion is possible
c:\mainfire.cpp(19) : error C2040: '==' : 'int' differs in levels of indirection from 'const char [16]'
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Mom\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\SafteyOffice\SafteyOffice\Debug\Buil dLog.htm"
SafteyOffice - 11 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Thanks as always

That's great, but that gives us basically zero information. Why don't you start with posting line 5 of mainfire.cpp?

Here is a little bit:

insert

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#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<windows.h>
string name;
string password;
int selection;
int report();
int fire();
using namespace std;

int main()
{
        cout << "Welcome to the Madigan Software Group Emergency Service" << endl;
        cout << endl;
        cout << "Please enter your login information" << endl;
        cout << "User Name: "; cin >> name;
        cout << "Password: "; cin >> password;
        if (name=="madigansoftware" && password=="madigansoftware")
        {
                report();
                return 0;
        }

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If you're using string from the std namespace, don't you think your using statement should come first?

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#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<windows.h>
string name;
string password;
int selection;
int report();
int fire();
using namespace std;

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Better yet, shift those global variables into say, main(), such that they become local variables.

It is now working. Thank You very much for you assistance.