I have a working program but now I have to use the int argc and char *argv[] parameters to main. Whenever I try to do this it gives me errors that it cannot save. Is there any way to make argc and argv work in Eclipse?
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Keith Thompson
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2"I try to do this it gives me errors that it cannot save". Would you care to tell exactly what the errors say? – Bernd Elkemann Feb 14 '12 at 17:18
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C++ is case-sensitive; `main` and `MAIN` are two distinct identifiers, for example. I've edited your question accordingly. – Keith Thompson Feb 14 '12 at 20:26
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I guess your problem is that you don't know hot to pass argument to you program, when you execute it through eclipse isn't it ?
If that is what you want, read the following.
Click on the "Project->Properties" then in "Run/Debug settings" click on the "New button". Choose C++ application. Here you can see that there are 4 tabs, and the second tab is called "arguments". In this tab you can see a textarea. Type your application's argument there, and click "OK". When you will execute your application thanks to the "play" button of eclipse, your program will be called with arguments.
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Does Eclipse not provide a way to specify command-line arguments when you execute the program? Setting the arguments as part of the project configuration seems rather silly. Another option is to run the program from a command line. – Keith Thompson Feb 14 '12 at 20:27
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I am agree with you, that is silly. Personaly, i run my programs from the command line as you said. – Adrien BARRAL Feb 15 '12 at 06:50