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Chaitanya
Chaitanya

Reputation: 9

Error while compiling C program in Visual Studio Code

I have written a basic program in C language in the editor of Visual Studio Code but I am getting the following error while trying to compile it.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
    printf("Hello World");
    return 0;
}

I am getting the following error message:

[Running] cd "c:\Users\Chaitanya\Documents\initial\" && gcc pro1.c -o
pro1 && "c:\Users\Chaitanya\Documents\initial\"pro1
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/8.2.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/8.2.0/../../../libmingw32.a(main.o):(.text.startup+0xb0):
undefined reference to `WinMain@16' collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1
exit status
     [Done] exited with code=1 in 0.198 seconds

Upvotes: 0

Views: 191

Answers (1)

the busybee
the busybee

Reputation: 12673

There is a difference between console application and Win32 application. You chose the latter but programmed the former.

A console application has a main function called main.

A Win32 application has a main function called WinMain; the linker misses it so it bails out.

Actually a Win32 application has a main function called main, too. But it is provided by the library it is linked with, and it calls WinMain after preparing some Win32 stuff.

Upvotes: 1

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