using header files...begginer question

[Labmouse]

Hi having only recently started programming in C++ i have got to the stage that i have made my own header file but cant get it to work.It is saved where the rest of my source is.And shows up there as a headerfile(although it says its C and not C++?)When I include it in my main none of the functions work.

Im using Dev-C++ ver.4.9.9.2
windows vista.

Heres the header file code in case the fault is there:

ifndef myfunctions.h

define myfunctions.h

//diceRoll function
int diceRoll( int sides, int num_dice )
{
int sum = 0;
for( int i = 0; i < num_dice; ++i)
sum += rand() % sides + 1;

return sum;

}

//playerdam
int playerdam(int &gobHealth)
{
int dam=diceRoll(10,1);
gobHealth-=dam;
return dam;
}

//gobdam
int gobdam(int &playerHealth)
{
int dam=diceRoll(10,1);
playerHealth-=dam;
return dam;
}

endif

and in my main i try and include it :

include<iostream>

include<ctime>

include<myfunction.h>

I hope i have explained it ok.any help much appreciated

lbmouse

[Labmouse]

Thanks old newbie that done the trick.Does it matter that my header file is showing as a C header file and not a C++ one?

Labmouse

[Anonymous]

No. If you include it in a .cpp file and teh C++ compiler is used to compile it, it is a C++ header! You could use .hpp as the extension if you wish, but few use that convention.

[Labmouse]

Thanks again,

Labmouse

[Anonymous]

Try

include "myfunction.h"

Good luck

Old Newbie

[Anonymous]

include <...> will only look in the folders specified by -I compiler options, wheras #include "..." will look in the folder containing the file being compiled first.