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amol singh
amol singh

Reputation: 143

How to call C++ function from external file?

i have 3 C++ source files and i need to call a function from one file into another

getch.cpp

#include<stdio.h>
#include "getch2.h"
main()
{
 char ch='x';
 fun(ch);   
}

getch2.cpp

#include<stdio.h>
void fun(char);
main()
{

}
void fun(char x)
{
printf("the ascii value of the char is %d",x);
}

func.h

void fun(char);

when i compile getch2.cpp i get the error

C:\Users\amolsi\AppData\Local\Temp\cc1k7Vdp.o getch.cpp:(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `fun(char)'

C:\Users\amolsi\Documents\C files\collect2.exe [Error] ld returned 1 exit status

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7573

Answers (2)

R Sahu
R Sahu

Reputation: 206717

  1. Your main functions need to be changed to:

    int main() { ... }

  2. Both getch.cpp and getch2.cpp contain main functions. You cannot use them together to form an executable. They'll have to be used to create separate executables.

  3. In order for you to use fun from getch.cpp and getch2.cpp to build executables, you need to move the definition of void fun(char){...} from getch2.cpp to another .cpp file. Let's call it func.cpp.

  4. Use getch.cpp and func.cpp to build one executable.

  5. Use getch2.cpp and func.cpp to build the other executable.

Update, in response to OP's comment

File func.h:

void fun(char);

File func.cpp:

void fun(char x)
{
   printf("the ascii value of the char is %d",x);
}

File getch.cpp:

#include <stdio.h>
#include "func.h"

int main()
{
   char ch='x';
   fun(ch);
   return 0;
}

File getch2.cpp:

#include<stdio.h>
#include "func.h"

int main()
{
   char ch='y';
   fun(ch);
   return 0;
}

Use getch.cpp and func.cpp to build executable getch.exe.
Use getch2.cpp and func.cpp to build executable getch2.exe.

Upvotes: 6

zneak
zneak

Reputation: 138251

Your #include is fine, the problem is that you don't implement fun anywhere.

Upvotes: 0

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