On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 01:21:21AM -0700, ben wrote: > On Friday 26 April 2002 12:35 am, DSC Siltec wrote: > > Okay... I'm not a genius, but this is going to be > > a no-brainer for some of you, I can't figure it out. > > > > I have a simple program that uses log. > > > > I have "include <math.h>" in my program. > > > > When I compile on gcc, I get "unknown identifier: log." > > > > gcc mylogprog.c -o mylogprog.exe > > > > I'm guessing that I need to specify libraries, but I don't > > know what libraries to specify, and I don't know how to find > > out such things, or how to specify them. > > > > I tried doing it on K-Develop, and I compile fine, but "MAKE" > > fails in the same way. > > > > Anyone have a combination of specific and general information > > that will help? > > > > do your own homework. alternatively, piss off to a list that is more > sympathetic to enabling lazy-ass cs majors a way through their studies.
This doesn't really have anything to do with homework and everything to do with the non-obvious fact that while most standard C functions don't require any special magic, for hysterical raisons, *nix's make you specify "-lm" to get the *standard* math functions. -- Eric G. Miller <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
