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How to call in the external function?

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I have two files and I would like to call addition function from functions.cpp in main.cpp. But I get error:

In function `int main()':
error: `addition' has both `extern' and initializer
error: initializer expression list treated as compound expression
warning: left-hand operand of comma has no effect
error: `addition' cannot be used as a function|
||=== Build finished: 3 errors, 1 warnings ===|

Here are files
main.cpp

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#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
    int summation;
    int a, b;
    cout <<"Please Enter the two digits to add"<<endl;
    cin>>a>>b;
    //add external f(x) from function.cpp
    extern int addition(a, b);
    summation = addition(a, b);
    cout<<"The sum is "<<summation;
    return 0;
 
}
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int summation;
    int a, b;
    cout <<"Please Enter the two digits to add"<<endl;
    cin>>a>>b;
    //add external f(x) from function.cpp
    extern int addition(a, b);
    summation = addition(a, b);
    cout<<"The sum is "<<summation;
    return 0;

}

functions.cpp

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int addition(int a, int b)
{
    int sum;
    sum = a+b;
    return(sum);
}
int addition(int a, int b)
{
    int sum;
    sum = a+b;
    return(sum);
}

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Re: How to call in the external function?

Add extern "C++" int addition(int a, int b); to main.cpp (outside your main function), delete the instruction external int addition(a, b); from inside your main function

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main.cpp

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#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
 
// use the external addition function
extern "C++" int addition(int a, int b);
 
int main()
{
    int summation;
    int a, b;
    cout <<"Please Enter the two digits to add"<<endl;
    cin>>a>>b;
    summation = addition(a, b);
    cout<<"The sum is "<<summation;
    return 0;
 
}
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

// use the external addition function
extern "C++" int addition(int a, int b);

int main()
{
    int summation;
    int a, b;
    cout <<"Please Enter the two digits to add"<<endl;
    cin>>a>>b;
    summation = addition(a, b);
    cout<<"The sum is "<<summation;
    return 0;

}

Now just compile and link them (main.cpp and functions.cpp) togheter ...

Last edited by tux4life; Apr 24th, 2009 at 5:20 pm.

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Re: How to call in the external function?

Great man! I appreciate!

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