I'm trying to compile a C program linking two previously created object files but keep getting an 'undefined reference' error.
I'm using Visual Code to write the code and Ubuntu on Windows to compile using a makefile. The two C files, task5.c and reverse.c which have been made into object files both contain #include reverse.h statements which contains the prototypes for the functions in reverse.c.
task5.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include "ctap.h"
#include "reverse.h"
TESTS {
const char *a = "Family";
char *b = reverse(a);
//test 1
ok(string_length(a) == string_length(b), "Strings are the same size");
//test 2
is("ylimaF", b, "Strings match");
}
reverse.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "reverse.h"
char *reverse(const char *str) {
//code
}
int string_length(const char *str) {
//code
}
reverse.h
char *reverse(const char *str);
int string_length(const char *str);
makefile
linked:
gcc -o linked task5.o reverse.o
task5.o
gcc -c -o task5.o task5.c
reverse.o
gcc -c -o reverse.o reverse.c
When I run the command make linked I expect it to be made and return nothing.
But when I run that command I get this error:
cc task5.o -o linked
task5.o: In function `ctap_tests':
task5.c:(.text+0x1abe): undefined reference to `reverse'
task5.c:(.text+0x1ace): undefined reference to `string_length'
task5.c:(.text+0x1adc): undefined reference to `string_length'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
<builtin>: recipe for target 'linked' failed
make: *** [task5] Error 1
