Boolshit.

[Swan]

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int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{
    return 0;
}

The above is a piece of code (which i dont understand lol)

also inserting

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 int main () 

and

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return 0;

also removes the errors.


Without the above coding the error messages are as follows:

[Linker error] undefined reference to `WinMain@16'
and

ld returned 1 exit status

I googled the problem, and entered the above code as specified. :S

As I said, theprogram does not seem to do anything.

[p99]

int main(){
return 0;
}

All you need.
What are you using to compile it? And C or C++?

[ebrizzlez]

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int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{
    return 0;
}

The above is a piece of code (which i dont understand lol)

also inserting

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 int main () 

and

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return 0;

also removes the errors.


Without the above coding the error messages are as follows:

[Linker error] undefined reference to `WinMain@16'
and

ld returned 1 exit status

I googled the problem, and entered the above code as specified. :S

As I said, theprogram does not seem to do anything.

Well lets start,

your trying to pass unused parameters through the main() function so that wont work. You only use

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int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 

When you really need to use int argc, and the pointer argv[] that may pass as an Array. You can remove this part till needed.

Its good coding pratice to start like this:

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#include <iostream>
int main(){
return 0;
}

Then just add the varibles and the rest of the code as you start programming, if you have a never-ending loop then you may want to take out return because it would try to return VOID/NULL and exit the program.

Lets start, the int signifys a interget should be returning the main function main() . Now the the opening braces and closing indentify the start and beginning of the function.

[Swan]

p99


i am using Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2. to compile the code, and it is C++ that i am coding in.

[Stavros]

Well, the reason it doesn't do anything is because all that code says is to start the program and close successfully. In short: the program doesn't do anything useful.

Basically, all that little snippet of code is the standart template for coding in C++.

<b>#include <iostream></b>
-This is the header that allows input and output to occur in the program.

<b>int main()</b> or <b>int main(int argc, char *argv[])</b>
-This is exactly what is says; This is the main function of the program. This is where the majority of the programming will happen until you learn about functions (we'll discuss that as you get to it).

<b>return 0;</b>
-This tells the program to finish successfully (and if you're programming in Dev-C++ it will close the command prompt unless you put "system("pause");" ; "system("pause");" will allow you to view the results of your program).

On a side note; in Microsof Visual Studios you won't need "system("pause");", it automatically adds it.