C newbie problem

T

tom

Hi -

I'm just starting to learn C and I'm trying to compile a first hello
world program. Unfortunately when I press the compile button it doesn't
work. Can anyone give me any advice?

Thanks!

~tom


Problem code follows:

(helloworld.c)

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void main()
{
printf("Hello, world!\n");
}
 
V

vippstar

Hi - Hi

I'm just starting to learn C and I'm trying to compile a first hello
world program. Unfortunately when I press the compile button it doesn't
work. Can anyone give me any advice?
Yes. Just any advice or something in particular?
Thanks!

~tom
Put your signature at the bottom of your post not in the middle.
Problem code follows:

(helloworld.c)
// 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software
interchange; or,
There's your problem, intercharge is not defined anywhere. nor 'or'.
(iso646.h is not included)
// this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free
Software
'Software' is not defined anywhere.
// 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO
WARRANTY
'WARRANTY' is not defined anywhere.
// PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESSED
'EXPRESSED' is not defined anywhere.
// 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN
WRITING
'WRITING' is not defined anywhere.
// REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR
DAMAGES,
'DAMAGES' is not defined anywhere.
// INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
ARISING
'ARISING' is not defined anywhere.
// YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY
OTHER
'OTHER' is not defined anywhere.
// free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
terms.
'terms' is not defined anywhere.
// <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it
does.>
'does' is not defined anywhere. '.>' is a syntax error.
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along
'along' is not defined anywhere.
// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc.,
'Inc' is not defined anywhere. '.,' is a syntax error.
// Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type
`show w'.
` is not in the standard C character set. 'show' is not defined
anywhere. 'w' is not defined anywhere. unmatched '.
// The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the
appropriate
'appropriate' is not defined anywhere.
// `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James
Hacker.
'Hacker' is not defined anywhere.
// This General Public License does not permit incorporating your
program into
'program', 'into' are not defined anywhere.
// consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications
with the
'with', 'the' are not defined anywhere.
void main() Change that to int main(void).
{
printf("Hello, world!\n");

}
return 0; is not needed here, as you use // comments, so C99.
 
B

Ben Bacarisse

tom said:
I'm just starting to learn C and I'm trying to compile a first hello
world program. Unfortunately when I press the compile button it
doesn't work. Can anyone give me any advice?

I suspect you are joking (at least I found it funny). If you are not
joking, post again but this time cut the 351 lines of GPL from your
four-line program. If it was a joke, I give it 6/10. You'd have got
more, but you only managed to get two errors into the four lines and,
trust me, I've had two or three in a single line!

If your question is really about how your compiler works, then you
should post in a group that deals with that compiler.
 
S

santosh

tom wrote:

<one of the group trolls under yet another pseudonym>

I advice everyone to ignore this guy.
 

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