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Deepak
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 Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:05 am Post subject: Error: "syntax error: got (, expecting Newline" |
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Hi friends i tried to compile following programs and link it, i got an error like
// hellofunc.h
/*
example include file
*/
extern void myPrintHelloMake(void);
// hellomake.cpp
#include "hellofunc.h"
int main()
{
// call a function in another file
myPrintHelloMake();
return 0;
}
// hellofunc.cpp
#include "hellofunc.h"
#include <iostream.h>
void myPrintHelloMake(void)
{
cout<<"Hello make files n";
return;
}
i compiled the file with following commands on MKS KORN SHELL
cc hellofunc.cpp
cc hellomake.cpp
cc -hello hellofunc.obj hellomake.obj
i got this following error
"syntax error: got (, expecting Newline"
i cant understand why i get this error please help me in solving this problem.
your help is really appreciated..
regards,
Deepak
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kanze@gabi-soft.fr
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject: Re: Error: "syntax error: got (, expecting Newline" |
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[email]deepsalumini (AT) hotmail (DOT) com[/email] (Deepak) wrote in message
news:<5cede6f1.0411240334.6d4820a6 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...
| Quote: | Hi friends i tried to compile following programs and link it, i got an
error like
// hellofunc.h
/*
example include file
*/
extern void myPrintHelloMake(void);
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| Quote: | // hellomake.cpp
#include "hellofunc.h"
int main()
{
// call a function in another file
myPrintHelloMake();
return 0;
}
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| Quote: | // hellofunc.cpp
#include "hellofunc.h"
#include <iostream.h
void myPrintHelloMake(void)
{
cout<<"Hello make files n";
return;
}
i compiled the file with following commands on MKS KORN SHELL
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And what compiler. (The shell used to invoke the compiler is generally
not that important. The compiler is.)
| Quote: | cc hellofunc.cpp
cc hellomake.cpp
cc -hello hellofunc.obj hellomake.obj
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This command looks strange. But what it should be depends on the
compiler. If it is VC++, the line should be:
cl /Fehello hellofunc.obj hellomake.obj
If it is g++, the line should be:
g++ -o hello hellofunc.o hellomake.o
Note, however, that in both cases, the name of the compiler is not cc.
(Under Unix, cc is normally the name of the C compiler. And if you
invoked it as above, you'd get error messages like "suffix .cpp not
known", or if it does try to compile the code, "include file
| Quote: | i got this following error
"syntax error: got (, expecting Newline"
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Where? (All of the compilers I know output the file name and line
number in error messages.)
| Quote: | i cant understand why i get this error please help me in solving this
problem. your help is really appreciated..
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Your code looks correct, albeit somewhat outdated. (For a modern
compiler, you should prefer <iostream> and <ostream>, rather than
<iostream.h>, and put cout in std::. But most, if not all, compilers
will still support <iostream.h>, so as to not break existing code.)
I suspect that the problem is somehow linked with the -hello option --
maybe you're telling the compiler to do something special with the
object file, like treat it as a source. But without more information
(compiler, etc.), it's impossible to tell.
BTW: it is not usual in C++ to specify (void). When there are no
parameters, we just write (), unless the code is in a header which must
also be used in C.
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Ulrich Eckhardt
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: Error: "syntax error: got (, expecting Newline" |
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Deepak wrote:
| Quote: | i compiled the file with following commands on MKS KORN SHELL
cc hellofunc.cpp
cc hellomake.cpp
cc -hello hellofunc.obj hellomake.obj
i got this following error
"syntax error: got (, expecting Newline"
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Ok, which of the three commands generated that error? Also, did you manage
to compile a normal 'hello world' that does not consist of several files?
Anyhow, there are two possible errors in the commands above:
- using 'cc': it is possible that 'cc' is a C compiler, not a C++ compiler.
It depends on your system though.
- the last line should probably rather read 'cc -o hello ..', while the
first two probably need to be 'cc -c ..', at least with all compilers I
know it needs to be like that.
Two more things I noticed:
- If there is a switch to turn on compiler warnings, use that.
- Consider dumping your textbook, as it seems to teach an old and deprecated
C++ dialect. Go to accu.org and pick a book from the 'most recommended'
book reviews.
Uli
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