<![CDATA[square program function with mingw but not with microsoft visual]]>Hallo,
I am a new user of Microsoft visual and I am using visual 6.0. My small program which I compilled in mingw, works fine but visual basic is showing errors. I do not know why? Could anyone explain me please?

/*program: square.c */
#include<stdio.h>
int main( void){
	int x(5);
	int res;
	res=x*x;
	printf("square is %d", res);
return 0;}

microsoft visual showing follwoing errors.

Compiling...
square.c
e:\test\square.c(3) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before 'constant'
e:\test\square.c(3) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'constant'
e:\test\square.c(3) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
e:\test\square.c(4) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'
e:\test\square.c(5) : error C2065: 'res' : undeclared identifier
e:\test\square.c(5) : error C2296: '*' : illegal, left operand has type 'int (__cdecl *)()'
e:\test\square.c(5) : error C2297: '*' : illegal, right operand has type 'int (__cdecl *)()'
Error executing cl.exe.

square.obj - 7 error(s), 0 warning(s)
]]>https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/topic/297369/square-program-function-with-mingw-but-not-with-microsoft-visualRSS for NodeFri, 14 Aug 2026 11:50:40 GMTSun, 25 Dec 2011 23:27:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to square program function with mingw but not with microsoft visual on Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:27:59 GMT]]>Hallo,
I am a new user of Microsoft visual and I am using visual 6.0. My small program which I compilled in mingw, works fine but visual basic is showing errors. I do not know why? Could anyone explain me please?

/*program: square.c */
#include<stdio.h>
int main( void){
	int x(5);
	int res;
	res=x*x;
	printf("square is %d", res);
return 0;}

microsoft visual showing follwoing errors.

Compiling...
square.c
e:\test\square.c(3) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before 'constant'
e:\test\square.c(3) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'constant'
e:\test\square.c(3) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
e:\test\square.c(4) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'
e:\test\square.c(5) : error C2065: 'res' : undeclared identifier
e:\test\square.c(5) : error C2296: '*' : illegal, left operand has type 'int (__cdecl *)()'
e:\test\square.c(5) : error C2297: '*' : illegal, right operand has type 'int (__cdecl *)()'
Error executing cl.exe.

square.obj - 7 error(s), 0 warning(s)
]]>https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160955https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160955Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:27:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to square program function with mingw but not with microsoft visual on Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:38:09 GMT]]>square.c statt swuare.cpp

]]>https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160957https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160957Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:38:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to square program function with mingw but not with microsoft visual on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:27:11 GMT]]>Do you want to use C or C++? Because .c files (usually) are being compiled with a C and not with a C++ Compiler. And why are you using Visual Studio 6? It's very old and the 2010 express edition is free.

]]>https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160971https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160971Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:27:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to square program function with mingw but not with microsoft visual on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:54:48 GMT]]>Warum bist du hier, aber nicht im IRC cooky? 😞

]]>https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160980https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160980Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:54:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to square program function with mingw but not with microsoft visual on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:59:14 GMT]]>euklid, Visual Studio 6.0 has been released in 1998 and is known to have many bugs and incompatibilities to the C++ standard (well, it's difficult to conform to a standard before its release ;)).

Pi, kannst du nicht woanders spammen? Für solche Dinge gibts E-Mail 🙄

]]>https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160981https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160981Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:59:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to square program function with mingw but not with microsoft visual on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:11:16 GMT]]>Ich habe die Hoffnung, dass er das liest. Aber du hast natürlich Recht, das gehört nicht hier her.

]]>https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160982https://www.c-plusplus.net/forum/post/2160982Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:11:16 GMT