Beginner C++ question

O'Brien · Mar 16, 2010

Hello, I am learning C++ and am using Xcode as my IDE. This may sound like a dumb question but are there different types of C++? I have been trying to compile some basic source code from planet-source-code.com (calculators and things like that). Some of them work without a problem but the majority have several errors and will not build. I'm not sure if this makes a difference but under compatibility they all say general C++ (which I assumed is what I would want). Could someone please explain to me why this is happening?

cuhnool · Mar 17, 2010

Can you provide links to the programs?

O'Brien · Mar 17, 2010

here is one of the codes I could not get to compile.

cuhnool · Mar 17, 2010

O'Brien said:
here is one of the codes I could not get to compile.

Also, have you learned the "Hello, World!" program? You should start from the very beginning, such as learning what libraries are, syntax, header files, variables, stuff like that. Learning the absolute basics will help give you a grasp of what to look for in a program when it relates to finding errors.

I would suggest picking up a book for learning C++, or going here. I myself will occasionally glance through Sams Teach Yourself C++ book. Aside from that, the main book I use to learn C++ is from Lawrenceville Press, and it's called "A Guide to Programming in C++". It's ISBN is 1-879233-90-8 if you want to pick it up.

O'Brien · Mar 17, 2010

Yes I have learned the "Hello World!" as well as variables, functions, arrays etc. (I am currently working my way through a tutorial) I've just been trying to teach myself some practical programming by analyzing other peoples programs. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll definitely look into those books.

cuhnool · Mar 17, 2010

O'Brien said:
Yes I have learned the "Hello World!" as well as variables, functions, arrays etc. (I am currently working my way through a tutorial) I've just been trying to teach myself some practical programming by analyzing other peoples programs. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll definitely look into those books.

Alright, just checking if you did, lol. It would be quite the challenge jumping right in without necessary knowledge. But you got that covered so we're good there

I am looking at the source code now.

**EDIT**

Looked at the errors. You do not have the conio.h directory. conio.h is a MS-DOS header file, so it's not included with OS X.

more information

O'Brien · Mar 17, 2010

Ah thank you that makes sense. So I'm assuming I was wrong in thinking that (general) C++ means that it would be universal. Or did that person just put the wrong category?

Oh I see your link now about making conio.h readable in osx. I'm still a bit confused about what the syntax would be though. Would it be #include <conio.h> /usr/lib/libncurses.dylib ?

cuhnool · Mar 17, 2010

O'Brien said:
Ah thank you that makes sense. So I'm assuming I was wrong in thinking that (general) C++ means that it would be universal. Or did that person just put the wrong category?

The only header file I know of that doesn't work with Unix-based systems is conio.h

If there are others, I'm sure there are workarounds or other header files that have identical functions. There shouldn't be too much of a difference.

O'Brien · Mar 17, 2010

Alright I'll give it a try. Thanks!

cuhnool · Mar 17, 2010

O'Brien said:
Oh I see your link now about making conio.h readable in osx. I'm still a bit confused about what the syntax would be though. Would it be #include <conio.h> /usr/lib/libncurses.dylib ?

I just saw this, lol

Nope. I corrected the program, and I have it working. I'll show you in a bit, let me grab some snapshots.

cuhnool · Mar 17, 2010

Go to Project >> Add to Project...

Press Command+Shift+G to bring up the "Go to the folder..." pane. Type in /usr/lib. Click Go

Scroll down until you find the libcurses.dylib file. Click Add

Click Add again

Replace the highlighted line with curses.h

Delete the highlighted line

Click Build and Go

Click the Console button (the arrow is pointing to it)

Go to the Console, and type in an equation using the five operators. The equation I used was 5 ^ 5 which came out to 3,125. I then typed in n to end the program.

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Hope this helps you out! Should work for you now

O'Brien · Mar 17, 2010

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Ah thank you so much. I was still getting the error: 'clrscr' was not declared in this scope. I tried removing this function (?) from the code as it did not seem to have a purpose. When I did that it ran fine but when prompted if I wanted to solve another problem I typed "y" and the program exited as if I had typed "n".

edit* Oh now I see the part of your post about deleting the textgreen and clrscr.

edit** Never mind I fixed it. Thanks again for all your help!

cuhnool · Mar 17, 2010

O'Brien said:
Ah thank you so much. I was still getting the error: 'clrscr' was not declared in this scope. I tried removing this function (?) from the code as it did not seem to have a purpose. When I did that it ran fine but when prompted if I wanted to solve another problem I typed "y" and the program exited as if I had typed "n".

edit* Oh now I see the part of your post about deleting the textgreen and clrscr.

edit** Never mind I fixed it. Thanks again for all your help!

You're welcome! Glad to help out. Good luck with your further studies in C++ !