plz ** PLZ HELP A NEWBIE!**

[Chs]

1. I have a problem... I dont understand how to write out the time. Cant somebody write me a prog thats show the time, that i can learn from, PLZ

i know this:
#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
cout << "TIME HERE!";
return 0;
}


2. this heder? stdafx.h what does it do?

PLZ HELP ME!

[CornedBee]

Why don't you try yourself first? You learn much more by trying than by looking at, especially when you want to learn a programming language.

parksie already gave you the right direction.

[Chs]

i only get a lot of errors, plz help me... i will buy a book i a day or two, but PLZ help me! PLZ PLZ PLZ!

[CornedBee]

The stdafx.h header is an invention of Microsoft. You should always use an empty project when you start, then add files. This way you don't have the confusing stdafx.h around.


You should use <iostream>, not <iostream.h>. The .h is deprecated and not used for C++ headers anymore.

The code should look like this:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "TIME HERE!";
return 0;
}

Whenever you post code you should wrap it in [ code]...[/ code] tags so it keeps it's formatting.

About the time: again, look up the time() function in the VC++ reference. You'll learn which header to include and how to use it.
To get a string out of a time_t, use the ctime() function. Look it up too.

[Chs]

I CANT FIND IT! OK! Let me explain, i have a downloaded copy of a DOS complier! DJGPP! It havent got a references, or i dont know how to read it, not the MSDN! PLZ! Wite me a code!

PLZ!

P.S using namespace std; whats that?

[parksie]

Can't remember what version of GCC DJGPP corresponds with.

I would suggest getting a proper Windows compiler. Failing that, move to an OS that has proper development support *grin*

Ok, so maybe not that last one.

But you want a compiler with full Standard C++ Library support or you *will* have problems.

[fullmoons]

Give this this link a try.

Later

[CornedBee]

Go to the borland page and download their command line compiler. It's a full-blown optimizing C++ Win32 compiler with support for the newest C++ ANSI standard and standard library. And it's free, all you have to do is fill out a form (make sure you've got a junk mail address, or get one from hotmail or something comparable)

[CornedBee]

I DJGPP goes around somewhere of gcc 2.0, maybe some later 1.x, don't exactly know.

Anyway, it's quite old and it's definitly not standards compliant anymore.

[CornedBee]

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=206639

For an explanation of
using namespace std;