Newbie : need help with Dev-C++ compiler

batrsau · #1 03-Mar-2005, 19:05

Hi !

I am newbie trying to learn to code in C and I recently installed the Dev-C++ compiler I had a few questions about the compiler :

I tried to use some C++ syntax and the compiler gave me an error, in the documentation i read that the MiniGW which is the compiler system used gcc for C compiling and g++ for C++ compiling

The code is listed as follows :

CPP / C++ / C Code:

#include<iostream>

main()
{
      cout << "Hello World";
      return 0;
}

The error I received was this :

Quote:

C:\Documents and Settings\Saurav Batra\My Documents\Code\TestCode\test.cpp In function `int main()':
5 C:\Documents and Settings\Saurav Batra\My Documents\Code\TestCode\test.cpp `cout' undeclared (first use this function)
(Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.)

Here are the questions that popped up :

"Does the dev-C++ compiler compile only C code , if not how can I make it do only that if possible ????? "

Iam looking for a C compiler that compiles on C code and not C++,

I was using visual C++ before to compile before, the problem with VC++ is that it allows you to mix C and C++ code and doesn't complain about.

It is also my fault to a great extent since I am trying to correct my programming style by being able to write code which is specific to C or C++ so any help with a C compiler would be appreciated. I am running windows XP

Dr. Evil · #2 04-Mar-2005, 09:49

I'm not an expert at C++, but I think if you include iostream without the .h extension, you have to use std::cout or declare 'using namespace std' before you use any i/o operators.

ubergeek · #3 20-Mar-2005, 21:05

Dr. Evil is right. cout and cin and endl and everything in the standard headers is defined within the std namespace, so you have to include "usng namespace std;" (no quotes) to use them. alternatively, access them by std::cout etc.

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