• placr <placr hotmail.fr> Oct 22 2010

placr <placr hotmail.fr> writes:

Hello,
I am getting a "symbol undefined" error when compiling the below code as
follows:

dmc -Ic:\dm\stlport\stlport -cpp Orange.cpp
dmc -Ic:\dm\stlport\stlport -cpp main.cpp

All files (.cpp and .h) are in the same directory.

Any clues?

Many thanks.

placr

------------ Orange.cpp -------------

#include "Orange.h"

string Orange::getName() {
	return (name_);
}

-------------------------------------

--------------- Orange.h ------------

#ifndef ORANGE_H__
#define ORANGE_H__

#include <string>
using namespace std;

class Orange {

	public:
		Orange() : name_("") {}
		Orange(string& p) :
			name_(p) {}
		string getName();

	private:
		string name_;

};

#endif



------------ main.cpp ---------------

#include <iostream>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <string>

#include "Orange.h"
using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{

	string orange_name = "Green Orange";
	Orange();
	Orange oran(orange_name);

	cout << oran.getName() << endl;

	return 0;

} // end main

---------------- Error message -------------

"Compiling main.cpp..."

link Orange,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.5
Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2009  All rights reserved.
http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/optlink.html
OPTLINK : Warning 134: No Start Address

link main,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 8.00.5
Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2009  All rights reserved.
http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/optlink.html
main.obj(main)
 Error 42: Symbol Undefined
?getName Orange  QAE?AV?$basic_string std DV?$char_traits std D 1 V?$allocator std D 1  std 
(basic_string<>::d:
:DV?$char_traits::std::D::Orange syscall
Orange::getName(allocator<>::d::D::Orange ))

--- errorlevel 1