[Tutorial] Introduction to programming using C

[waratte]

irfanhb7 i bet ur on windows and that the cmd prompt just blinks right
well u can use getch to have it stop till u press a key
but that has nothing to do with return, u still need return

Actually, you don't have to return anything if you specify your function as "void".

Oh ! You posted a tutorial.
I have one question and pls don't get angry.
Can we use void main() instead of int main and getch() instead of return 0 ?

Answer to question 1: http://www.gidnetwork.com/b-66.html

[frank]

i knew that waratte :]
just he needs it for int main
well actually the app will still work
but its a crime to not have return in int main
ill betcha m0skit0 can explain why

[waratte]

i knew that waratte :]
just he needs it for int main
well actually the app will still work
but its a crime to not have return in int main
ill betcha m0skit0 can explain why

Here's some more information on the subject:
http://users.aber.ac.uk/auj/voidmain.shtml

[ASKidwai]

Oh, OK.
Thanks for the clarification but this code works with GCC but won't work with CC. Here is the code

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//Slightly modded Hello World

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
   printf("I hate the ; at the end. \n Lua really did teach bad habits \n");
   return(0);
}


It makes an executable with GCC but CC shows this

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cc goodbye -o bye
goodbye: In function `_start':
(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `_start'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o:(.text+0x0): first defined here
goodbye:(.rodata+0x0): multiple definition of `_fp_hw'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o:(.rodata+0x0): first defined here
goodbye: In function `_fini':
(.fini+0x0): multiple definition of `_fini'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../lib/crti.o:(.fini+0x0): first defined here
goodbye:(.rodata+0x4): multiple definition of `_IO_stdin_used'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o:(.rodata.cst4+0x0): first defined here
goodbye: In function `__data_start':
(.data+0x0): multiple definition of `__data_start'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../lib/crt1.o:(.data+0x0): first defined here
goodbye: In function `__data_start':
(.data+0x4): multiple definition of `__dso_handle'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/crtbegin.o:(.data+0x0): first defined here
goodbye: In function `_init':
(.init+0x0): multiple definition of `_init'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../lib/crti.o:(.init+0x0): first defined here
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/crtend.o:(.dtors+0x0): multiple definition of `__DTOR_END__'
goodbye:(.dtors+0x4): first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


EDIT: Don't you have to put

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return 0;

in a parenthesis like this

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return(0);

?

[m0skit0]

irfanhb7 i bet ur on windows and that the cmd prompt just blinks right
well u can use getch to have it stop till u press a key
but that has nothing to do with return, u still need return

You're right, but as stated on the OP, no discussion about Windows-related stuff, so please keep this clean.

Thanks for the clarification but this code works with GCC but won't work with CC.

Quite strange. Use gcc then.

EDIT: Don't you have to put

return 0;

in a parenthesis like this

return(0);

Nope, you don't have to. You can do it if you like it better, but it's not mandatory.

[ASKidwai]

Quite strange. Use gcc then.

I do...

Nope, you don't have to. You can do it if you like it better, but it's not mandatory.

OK, then

BTW, isn't C a middle-level language?

[irfanhb7]

Going to double boot 7 and linux ,will it cause any problems?? because last time I double booted xp on 7 I had a lot of problems.
BTW which version of linux shall I buy ?

[ASKidwai]

Going to double boot 7 and linux ,will it cause any problems?? because last time I double booted xp on 7 I had a lot of problems.
BTW which version of linux shall I buy ?

Depends on how you install it. I used to quadriple between Ubuntu , Fedora, Kubuntu and Windows 7 without any problems.

Linux is free

[irfanhb7]

From where can I get it because no one in my area uses linux.

[ASKidwai]

Here