C language

[ednachman]

Please be patient. I purchased a "Nerdkit" which teaches about electronics for basic inforamtion. It uses the C language for the chip included in the Kit. I purchased a book, "Absolute Beginnner's Guide to C" by Greg Perry. I downloaded a free version of Turbo C++ which is supposed to include plain "C". I copied the first example in the book;

/* Prints a message on the screen */
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
printf ("This C stuff is easy!\n);
return 0;
}

I then debug and get a message, "Style of function definition is obsolete."

What is obsolete?

Any help is appreciated and I hope you understand my problem

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[ArkM]

Write

int main()
{...

Default int type in incomplete function header is obsolete. Never use it.

 

[ednachman]

I eliminated "main()" and still get the obsolete message.

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[2ffat]

try int main(void) although that should be the same as int main().


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[blackchiney]

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf ("This C stuff is easy!\n");
return 0;
}

/*Note that you left off the quotes after the '\n' in the printf function. Try that and see if that helps. The above code should now work*/

 

[ArkM]

Well, this thread is obsolete, but the right C-solution was presented by 2ffat:

int main(void)

It's not the same as

int main() // that's OK in C++

in the C language.

 

[blackchiney]

If you also look at the code asked by ednachman, the printf had an error in the string it displayed because the quotes at the end was left off

 

[ArkM]

If you also look at the OP question...
It's a misprint, not obsolete style