Week 3 - Plurality Code Will Not Compile on CS50 Check

Question

I'm having an issue with CS50's check50 utility. My week 3 Plurality code is working, but when I submit it to be checked I get these results:

Results for cs50/problems/2020/x/plurality generated by check50 v3.0.10
:) plurality.c exists
:( plurality compiles
    code failed to compile
:| vote returns true when given name of first candidate
    can't check until a frown turns upside down
:| vote returns true when given name of middle candidate
    can't check until a frown turns upside down
:| vote returns true when given name of last candidate
    can't check until a frown turns upside down
:| vote returns false when given name of invalid candidate
    can't check until a frown turns upside down
:| vote produces correct counts when all votes are zero

etc...

Except, the code does compile. I have tested it with multiple compilers on my own machine (GCC, clang) with multiple -pedantic flag levels; I have tested it in CS50's IDE by specifying a compiler directly (also GCC) and this produces a working executable; and of course the make plurality command, which also produces working output. The executables also work, obviously, but this shouldn't matter; the results complain that the code doesn't compile, which of course it obviously does (on 2 different plaforms, for multiple compilers).

What is going on here? If there is something obvious I've missed, then why is my code still compiling and running fine outside of check50?

Here are my #includes and headers:

#include <cs50.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <ctype.h>

#define MAX_NAME_LENGTH 128
#define CHR_VOTE_COUNT 5    // 1 character, max. votes of 9., check buffer, plus null & newline character
#define MAX_VOTES 9

I can paste in other code if necessary, but it isn't particularly interesting.

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

The plurality problem seems to only allow you to change the TODO parts in the bool and void function. check if you didn't edit any parts of the distribution code given, and if removing the extra #define you added will pass through check50.