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I hope someone can help me. I am working through CS50x and am working on Pset1 - greedy. I am getting the following error whenever I compile my code:
/tmp/greedy-46be96.o: In function `main':
greedy.c:(.text+0x95): undefined reference to `round'
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I apologise if the question is vague, I have tried to be in depth. I have used man round in the terminal, and have searched everywhere, trying different solutions, but nothing has worked.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cs50.h>
#include <math.h>
int main(void)
{
float owed;
float change;
float quarter = 0.25;
float dime = 0.10;
float nickel = 0.05;
float penny = 0.01;
do {
printf("How much change is owed?: ");
owed = GetFloat();
} while(owed <= 0);
change = round(owed * 100);
}
I am using this command to compile my code:
clang -o greedy greedy.c -lcs50
The following should work when you compile:
clang -o greedy greedy.c -lcs50 -lm
This links the math library for the compiler.
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Why does this compile and run this w/o the "-lm" switch on gcc:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main()
{
printf("2 to the 8th power is %f\n",pow(2.0,8.0));
return(0);
}
but this:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main()
{
float a,b;
a = 2.0;
b = 8.0;
printf("2 to the 8th power is %f\n",pow(a,b));
return(0);
}
gives the error:
undefined reference to `pow'
unless you link the math library with -lm
The behavior is the same if I use doubles rather than floats. Is there some sort of rudimentary pow() function hidden in standard library, or is the linker just resigned to working with idiots and links the math library for really simple cases?
I'm using gcc (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04) 9.3.0 if that makes any difference. It's not a big deal, just curious why that happens, thanks!
I had myself, a problem of understanding, what is wrong with the above. I got the same behaviour with gcc -O0. Running executable with strace and gdb showed that no function call made at all.
Scratched my head, read some comments and got it. Me alone, would have guessed the answer for hours. All credits goes to commenters
Try to change your code to
....
double t = (int)(2.0 + 1.0) % 2 + 1.0;
double r = pow(2.0+t,8.0);
....
With -O0 flag you should hopefully get undefined reference to 'pow' message.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int exp_for_level(int n) {
return (int)(100 * pow(n, 2.3));
}
int main(){
int x;
x = exp_for_level(6);
printf("%d", x);
return 0;
}
I receive the following error when I run this code on an online compiler
/tmp/cc28S7ML.o: In function exp_for_level':
main.c:(.text+0x19): undefined reference to `pow'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
How do I rectify this?
After I couldn't get it to work on the online compiler, I followed advice from some other threads on
The file is stored under a file grades.c on my mac
I've tried entering this
$ gcc - Wall - lm -o grades grade . c
into my terminal and i just get zsh error: command not found
Any ideas on what the issue is here too?
The online compiler I'm using is
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/compile_c_online.php
EDIT: in my post, in main I'd miswritten the function as exp_to_level instead of exp_for_level. Didn't copy paste the entire code as it's too long. I narrowed it down and retyped it to the portion that yields the error.
There are some errors in your code, you have defined a function exp_for_level but you use exp_to_level.
Then your x variable is not defined
If you fix your code like this:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int exp_for_level(int n) {
return (int)(100 * pow(n, 2.3));
}
int main(){
int x = exp_for_level(6);
printf("%d", x);
return 0;
}
and you compile:
gcc -Wall powtest.c -o powtest -lm
it works.
About the error on the online compiler:
The undefined reference error occurs because you are missing -lm linker option.
Edit the online compiler command clicking on Project->Compile Options:
About this problem on your local machine:
After I couldn't get it to work on the online compiler, I followed
advice from some other threads on The file is stored under a file
grades.c on my mac I've tried entering this
$ gcc - Wall - lm -o grades grade . c
into my terminal and i just get zsh error: command not found
you don't have the compiler installed.
You should install clang, Have a look to this question
First of all your function name is wrong in the main take a look here exp_for_level
and in main its exp_to_level change one of them then also add int x in main to solve the issue.
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Why do you have to link the math library in C?
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Just starting to learn C, and I found this example program on a C tutorial website, and it is giving an error upon compiling.
Here is the program, calculates the square root of a number based on user input:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main()
{
double num, root;
/* Input a number from user */
printf("Enter any number to find square root: ");
scanf("%lf", &num);
/* Calculate square root of num */
root = sqrt(num);
/* Print the resultant value */
printf("Square root of %.2lf = %.2lf", num, root);
return 0;
}
I compile it using gcc in Ubuntu:
gcc -o square_root square_root.c
And here is the error:
/tmp/cc9Z3NCn.o: In function `main':
square_root.c:(.text+0x4e): undefined reference to `sqrt'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
What am I doing wrong? I can see that the math module is imported, so why the error?
Again, I just started studying C today, and I just want to figure out how to get programs to run. Thank you for your patience as it must be something obvious.
sqrt lives in the math library, so you need to tell your program to link to it with -lm:
gcc -o square_root square_root.c -lm
You need to compile it with -lm flag
gcc -o square_root square_root.c -lm
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I also entered include<math.h> but it still doesnt work. People are saying to enter -Im but im new to this where do I put -Im and how do I fix this.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include<math.h>
int main()
{
float a=0, b=0, c=0, root1=0, root2=0;
printf("Enter the value of a,b and c to determine the roots\n");
scanf("%f%f%f",&a,&b,&c);
root1=(-b+sqrt(b*b-4*a*c))/(2*a);
root1=(-b-sqrt(b*b-4*a*c))/(2*a);
printf("The first roots of the quadratic equation are\nFirst root=%.1f\nSecond root=%.1f",root1,root2);
return 0;
}
You have a copy-paste bug here:
root1=(-b+sqrt(b*b-4*a*c))/(2*a);
root1=(-b-sqrt(b*b-4*a*c))/(2*a);
should be:
root1=(-b+sqrt(b*b-4*a*c))/(2*a);
root2=(-b-sqrt(b*b-4*a*c))/(2*a);
Also you may need to link with the math library, e.g.
$ gcc -Wall foo.c -o foo -lm
Two things: first you copy pasted "root1" twice so you will lose the "plus" value and root2 will be zero. Second, for the benefits of others, the problem is most probably at compile time and the googled answer is there:
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/node17.html
And you should test for imaginary values:
if(b*b-4*a*c < 0){
printf("error: complex solution unsupported, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root\n");
exit(1);
}
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>
const short int Z = 2;
const int parts = 1000;
const double epsilon = 1e-5;
typedef double (*func_n_l_r)(int, double);
double R_nl(int n, int l, double r) {
return 2 * pow(Z, 1.5) * exp(-r * Z );
}
int main(void) {
printf("%f",pow(3,2));
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
In main it compiles and displays the results (if I comment out the R_nl function, of course), but it gives me an error in the R_nl function (same with the exp function).
Using Eclipse Juno for c/c++ developments.
[EDIT]: Using -lm flag.
[EDIT]: Using gcc compiler with arguments -lm -E -P -v -dD "${plugin_state_location}/specs.c" from Eclipse IDE - linux ubuntu 13.04.
[EDIT]: Compiler output, and i don't know why it doesn't see the -lm argument i gave it in the configurations.... :|
08:13:52 **** Incremental Build of configuration Debug for project Helium ****
Info: Configuration "Debug" uses tool-chain "MinGW GCC" that is unsupported on this system, attempting to build anyway.
Info: Internal Builder is used for build
gcc -o Helium src/Helium.o
src/Helium.o: In function `R_nl':
/home/shefuto/Dropbox/pt_sqala/Master 2/sem2/nagy/Helium/Debug/../src/Helium.c:28: undefined reference to `pow'
[EDIT]: SOLVED : http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=68204/
Apparently there's a special options page for that, where you can specify linker arguments, where 'm' is the library you want to add, and it adds the option -lm automatically.
You need to add -lm flag to compile(linker) command string.
gcc -lm ./main.c
See man pow
#include <math.h>
double pow(double x, double y);
float powf(float x, float y);
long double powl(long double x, long double y);
Link with -lm. //<- Look here