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C++ and main for a beginner
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Posted By:
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fords4me78
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1/27/2006 4:13:05 PM
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Do you have to end every C++ program with "void main()" or can you end it with anything as long as it calls the other functions in the code? Only reason I ask is I left it out and the compiler would not compile without it.
Craig
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Alan-LB
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1/27/2006 10:05:44 PM
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main() is the main function of all C and C++ programs so it must be in your program.
Any elementary textbook will explain this
Alan
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merediths
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2/27/2006 8:32:49 PM
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Well, you could be tricky w/ the linker and name it something else if you were *really* determined too, but essentially, yes, every ANSI/ISO compliant program must contain a main() function ... not that sometime auto-generated code, for example Win32 project code created by the Visual C++ 5/6 IDE does *not*, however it has a main() funtion in the standard libraries it imports for you.
HOWEVER you do NOT need to *end* your program in main(). your "void main()" can go anywhere in your program you like ... AFAIK the ending your program w/ main() was an old Pascal convention. I like to have my main() function at the beginning of the file it's in, but that's just personal preference.
Regards,
Meredith Shaebanyan
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