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IDE not accepting changes to code
I change a word or a character and the program fails to compile the changes. I am using eclipse.
Yes, the problem was the IDE would not take updates on the code in a .cpp.
For example I changed out a loop printing "quotient" from "dividend" and it kept printing dividend despite I could see the change in my code right there. I changed some of the functions as well, which never updated either. Very odd. In otherwords it kept outputting my old program parameters despite having an updated one. So my question" (sorry for the miscommunication) was how do I get the IDE back on track. Is this a local problem or do I have to reinstall?
>>I finally restored the pc to an earlier date which seemed to correct the problem. Sorry abt the cryptic opening question.
For example I changed out a loop printing "quotient" from "dividend" and it kept printing dividend despite I could see the change in my code right there. I changed some of the functions as well, which never updated either. Very odd. In otherwords it kept outputting my old program parameters despite having an updated one. So my question" (sorry for the miscommunication) was how do I get the IDE back on track. Is this a local problem or do I have to reinstall?
>>I finally restored the pc to an earlier date which seemed to correct the problem. Sorry abt the cryptic opening question.
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things that may have caused the issue:
- You were not saving the file. Although one may expect that "build" should do it.
- You were not compiling that file. The file was not part of the project, perhaps you forgot to "add" it, or you openned a copy.
- You were executing another program. The current one may have been created on another directory, or your program failed to build and you were executing a previous version (¿did you open a terminal in order to execute it?)
¿Are you still using the same IDE?
- You were not saving the file. Although one may expect that "build" should do it.
- You were not compiling that file. The file was not part of the project, perhaps you forgot to "add" it, or you openned a copy.
- You were executing another program. The current one may have been created on another directory, or your program failed to build and you were executing a previous version (¿did you open a terminal in order to execute it?)
¿Are you still using the same IDE?
Yes. These are all possibilities. I don't remember 'saving' it -- like you said sometimes we assume building it saves it. I am pretty sure I was working out of the same .cpp. Restoring the system to an earlier date fixed it, or so it seems.
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