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Undefined reference to `GetString'
A library's header file (the one that ends with the .h extension) doesn't contain function definitions. Instead, it contains the library's resources that are available for you to use. These resources ...
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Installing cs50.h on a Mac
Follow the steps below, and see if it helps...
[Optional, you may choose to not install Xcode as long as you have any text editor] On a Mac, make sure you have installed Xcode first of all. It's ...
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Undefined reference to `GetString'
Did you compile it using make? If not (and why not?) did you remember to include the -lcs50 clang compile flag that links the library?
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Undefined reference to `GetString'
Download the cs50 from: http://mirror.cs50.net/library50/c/library50-c-5.zip
Extract it. (You will get two files cs50.c and cs50.h)
Now copy both the files to your default library folder. (which ...
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Undefined reference to `GetString'
I have had the same problem in CS50 2015 VMware appliance. I even include CS50.h library like that:
#include<cs50.h>
But I was keep getting error 1 of Undefined reference to `GetString' or '...
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cs50.h header files download
It depends on your compiler, but odds are the simplest method of installation is to:
Download and unzip library50-c-5.zip.
Copy cs50.c and cs50.h into the same directory as your own code.
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CS50 IDE seems to use an old version of the CS50 library
It should be sufficient to update the IDE, using the update50 command, on the terminal. It is also possible that the announced changes take a few days or weeks to complete
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CS50 IDE seems to use an old version of the CS50 library
What IDE version? It is displayed in the menu bar next to the cloud9 icon. You can version50 at the command line. Current version is 94 as of this writing. Did you run update50 as per the Updating ...
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automatically link cs50 when using make? - not using appliance
cs50.h is a header file. Header files are NOT linked. They are included. What is linked is a library binary file.
If you have successfully installed the cs50 library according to the instructions ...
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GetInt + sscanf -- why doesn't it accept only characters?
Good catch. Actually, c will never be populated with this command if (sscanf(line, " %i %c", &n, &c) == 1). It is a matching failure. From man sscanf:
A conversion specification, which ...
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Unable To Install CS50 Library for C on Android Termux
1. Edit the Makefile
From
DESTDIR ?= /usr/local
MANDIR ?= share/man/man3
To
DESTDIR = /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/local
MANDIR = /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/share/man/man3
In the Makefile, ...
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Help in Resize, biSize headers not sizing correctly
Hmmm.....
So here's my question for you. WHICH fields are supposed to be updated in the headers when resizing to something other than 1?
Hint: check50 is giving you a clue.
If this answers your ...
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Compilation error in hello.c: undefined reference to `get_string'
Compiler does not complain about missing cs50.h, so that looks right.
The linker does complain, though, and that's probably because you did not pass -lcs50 when compiling (telling the linker to ...
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Functions outside Cs50.h
As one can see on https://github.com/cs50/libcs50/tree/master/src those contain quite some code to keep you from messing up and provide a nice user interface.
The simplest alternative would be scanf, ...
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CS50 IDE cs50.h library problem 2017
The compiler command is make test (unless you want to supply all the switches for clang). Notice that make echos to the terminal the actual clang command it uses.
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String error #include <cs50.h>
Check your spelling of string.
You spelt it as stirng
it is spelled string
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"string" data type in cs50 library
The string type is just a defined type of char* (a char pointer) which since it is a pointer has a size of 4 bytes.
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Error using string as a data type while including the cs50 library
Clang is telling you exactly what is going wrong..."unused variable 's'". Your code gets input from the user and stores it in a string variable s, then does nothing with it. If you do something with s ...
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unable to access functions in cs50.h
Are you using the virtual machine? If that's the case, then execute:
update50
It will update your vm to the latest version. It will probably fix the issue.
If you are not using the vm, the download ...
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Problem with cs50.h header file!
I solved the cs50.h problem by updating my appliance.
For updating open the terminal in the appliance and type--
update50
After the process is completed, cs50.h will work..
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Problem including cs50.h with Visual Studio 2013
In order to use the CS50 library, download it from here.
Now, copy the files cs50.h and cs50.c to any arbitrary folder.
Right click on the project, and got to Properties --> Configuration Properties ...
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