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#Launch:program error
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zealous atlas
A) compile and run manually (or with a makefile) through terminal
B) #1013107104678162544
little sable
A) compile and run manually (or with a makefile) through terminal
B) <#101310710...
oh how would I compile the code?
zealous atlas
oh how would I compile the code?
Idk how it is for C++, but for C it's
gcc source.c -o executable
do you know where I would write this?
zealous atlas
I assume for C++ it's something like
g++ source.cpp -o executable
In the terminal
zealous atlas
Make sure you cd into the correct directory first
little sable
huh now it's saying fatal error
little sable
Make sure you `cd` into the correct directory first
im sorry I don't know any programming words what do you mean by a correct directory 😅
zealous atlas
The terminal.
Make sure the path is where your source file is.
little sable
yeah it just says "no file or directory"
zealous atlas
Send screenshot please
Also can you tell me in what directory your source file is?
little sable
little sable
Also can you tell me in what directory your source file is?
I just named my file .vscode
zealous atlas
You gotta replace source.cpp with the name of your file
little sable
You gotta replace `source.cpp` with the name of your file
ohh
zealous atlas
And executable with whatever name you want your executable to have.
On Windows probably something like my_program.exe
zealous atlas
Your source file needs to end in .cpp
little sable
😅
zealous atlas
So given you have a source file main.cpp in a directory C:/a/b then you need to do:
cd C:/a/b
g++ main.cpp -o main.exe
./main.exe
Ah, you figured it out already
little sable
So given you have a source file `main.cpp` in a directory `C:/a/b` then you need...
o lol maybe I spoke too soon 😅 thank you for the help though
zealous atlas
o lol maybe I spoke too soon 😅 thank you for the help though
The first command changes the current working directory. Likely this will already be correctly set if you use the terminal from VS Code.
The second command compiles the source file into an executable/program.
The third command executes the program generated in step 2
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