DevC++

[StealthOp1217]

hello, i got DevC++ and have a problem. When i try to run the simplest code, like the hello world program it gives me an error.

make.exe C:\Dev-Cpp\make.exe
Circular Main <- Main.o dependency dropped.
C:\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win
[Build Error] [nick.exe] Error 1

THIS IS THE CODE:////////////////////////////////////////









#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main()
{

cout << "Hello World!!!!" << endl;



system("pause");
return(0);
}

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[Duthomhas]

The makefile to build your project is corrupted. Go to your project directory and delete the file named "Makefile" and all derivations thereof.

Reload Dev-C++ and compile again. It should re-generate the makefile to build your project.

Hopefully that will fix the problem. If it doesn't just post back and someone else here that knows more about Dev-C++ than I can help.

[StealthOp1217]

no it did not work. same thing happend!

[Duthomhas]

Crud. Well, I've never used Dev-C++, so you'll have to wait until someone who knows enough about it can help. It's the weekend so it might be a couple of days... Sorry.

[z05DSL3A]

I don't use Dev-C++ either but there may be a clue in the compile log if you can find it (I would expect it to produce one).

[StealthOp1217]

come on someone help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Venged]

I'm using C++ and i tested your code and it works just fine. really hmm try re downloading it

[hartmannr76]

would ...

#include <cstdlib> 

make a difference?

[LacViet]

I remembered running DevC++ and have the same problem. I couldn't fixed it so I just switched to MinGW Developer Studio. :(

[bnbertha]

I'm not familiar with Dev C++ either but from the look of it, Duoas is right, the problem is your makefile, not your code. Could you post it on here?

[Venged]

what does
#include <cstdlib>
do?

[Duthomhas]

The system() function is declared in the <cstdlib> header.
I completely missed that. It could be worth checking to see if that is the cause of the error.

[hartmannr76]

cstdlib is your c standard library, it contains all of the standard functions that were in C. Am i right Duoas?

[Duthomhas]

Yep. All the ones that were in <stdlib.h> anyway.

Weren't you the one who suggested it?

[hartmannr76]

Yup, I saw it missing in his include statements and was just like... hmm i think you need this lol... What do you do for a living that you know so much? lol or are you just hobbyist?

[Duthomhas]

Heh heh heh, I'm just old.

No actually I'm only about 30, but I've been programming for over twenty years now. After a while it just sinks in and you can't escape. :-)

Tag. You're it.

[hartmannr76]

Haha well im a student at DeVry University in Orlando studying Game and Simulation programming, with hopes of breaking into the industry. I'm only in my second semester and have excelled in my C++ class and Assembly class, am president of the gaming club we have down here, Student Ambassador, blah-dee-blah-dee-blah haha. I'm 18 and picked up programming books just waiting for my classes and just been in love with the stuff ever since. Get such good feeling when i get something working and just loving it, and your help is awesome, i really hope you stay on this site b/c i will definitely be here asking questions I have.