Hi, i am learning to code with c& allegro, here is a script in the book it ask me to compile. I have already set the linker commands in my compiler "using dev c++"
This is code straight out of the book. I want to continue reading the book but i need to make sure my compiler is correctly set up.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <allegro.h>

int main(){
allegro_init();
printf("Allegro version = %s\n", allegro_id);
printf("\n Press any key...\n");
system("pause");
allegro_exit();
return 0;
}
END_OF_MAIN()

errors

make.exe -f "C:\Documents and Settings\computer\Desktop\gameprogramming\ch2\Makefile.win" all
g++.exe -c GetInfo/getinfo.cpp -o GetInfo/getinfo.o -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.2/include" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/backward" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2/mingw32" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/3.4.2" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include" -O3

GetInfo/getinfo.cpp: In function `int _mangled_main()':
GetInfo/getinfo.cpp:6: error: `printf' undeclared (first use this function)
GetInfo/getinfo.cpp:6: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.)

make.exe: *** [GetInfo/getinfo.o] Error 1

Execution terminated

add:
#include <stdio.h>
underneath the other two #include lines.

EDIT: MOOOOOOSSSSEEEE!!!!

I'm pretty sure you need to include stdio.h to get printf...

Also, system("pause") isn't very nice...

EDIT: Wow, for responses on the same minute.

Who wants to play "Guess the book title?"

Well, if the author is silly enough to forget to include stdio.h...

okay.

By the way... I don't know if the book tells you to use C or C++, but that code will compile fine if you made it a "C" file instead of a "C++" file.

The "++" is for extra errors!

Edit: aha, I see you read back through the thread.

Which still won't compile since stio.h is again not included. Even if it were, conio.h functions are not part of the C standard.

In the post by the OP, the book uses system(). This function resides in stdlib.h.

I guess he assumed all readers would be using DOS or Windows.

That made me laugh, big time :-D