characterName issue

[santoshnewtech]

Hello experts. Sorry for the very basic question. I have started C++ now but I dont have any coding knowledge even in my academics. So please bare with me.
I m practising C++ by watching youtube videos.
While I am doing same as he do, I cant change the value in the middle.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string characterName = "Shiva";
    int characterAge;
    characterAge = 30;
    cout << "This is my name " << characterName << endl;
    cout << "My age " << characterAge << " years old" << endl;
    
    characterName = "Santosh";
    cout << characterName << " Love badminton" << endl;
    cout << "At this age " << characterAge << " Can play easily." <<endl;

    return 0;
}

Please let me know the issue

[Repeater]

characterName = "Santosh";

That changes fine. It works.

[santoshnewtech]

No man its not working :(

[Niccolo]

What IDE, operating system and compiler are you using?

Can you show us an example of the output you are seeing?

[santoshnewtech]

IDE: Codeblocks
WS: 10

Output:

This is my name Shiva
My age 30 years old
Shiva Love badminton
At this age 30 Can play easily.

Process returned 0 (0x0) execution time : 0.033 s
Press any key to continue.

[Niccolo]

It is unfortunately typical that users of Codeblocks must exit the IDE, then relaunch it before rebuilding.

It seems it doesn't "realize" it must re-link after changes to source code. It isn't every rebuild, either. Unknown what conditions may cause it, but it is widely reported.

See if that's impacting you.

[salem c]

Some traps to look out for.
- Check no previous version of your program is running - Windows won't let you overwrite a .exe if it's still running.
- You're actually saving the latest edit.
- You're compiling the latest edit.
- Check your build output log tabs to see if there are any missed error messages.
- You're running the version you compiled - watch out for compiling debug and running release say.
- Your anti-virus s/w isn't quarantining any new version of the .exe you create. Consider adding an 'exclude directory' rule to your AV s/w which excludes your entire development tree.
- Quit and restart C::B. Sometimes, it just ties itself up in a knot.

Your code works for me.

$ cat foo.cpp
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string characterName = "Shiva";
    int characterAge;
    characterAge = 30;
    cout << "This is my name " << characterName << endl;
    cout << "My age " << characterAge << " years old" << endl;

    characterName = "Santosh";
    cout << characterName << " Love badminton" << endl;
    cout << "At this age " << characterAge << " Can play easily." <<endl;

    return 0;
}
$ g++ foo.cpp
$ ./a.out 
This is my name Shiva
My age 30 years old
Santosh Love badminton
At this age 30 Can play easily.

[santoshnewtech]

You are right @Niccolo
Data has not saved. I restarted and open the file. New changes are not saved even after I press the save button.

Thanks for the help.

@saleem. Thanks for the inputs man. I will remember that also for future issues.

[jonnin]

similar issues on other compilers, where the compiler can't tell that you modified code and keeps the old version to save time compiling. Most have a rebuild all that forces it to all work right, so you don't have to restart/exit but keep it in the back of your mind.