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I got the following error message while compiling, but I'm sure I have the variables declared in an external Project2.c file. Could someone give me a hint what I did wrong? Thank you

1>main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _num_days
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _countDays referenced in function _testIt
1>main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _what_birthday
1>main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _birth_day
1>main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _birth_month
1>main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _birth_year

Source code:

#include <stdio.h>

/* the following five variables are defined inside project2.c */
extern int birth_year; 
extern int birth_month;
extern int birth_day;
extern int what_birthday;
extern int num_days;

void countDays(void); // a declaration of your function

int num_tests_passed = 0;

void testIt(int test_num, 
     int year, int month, int day, int bday, int expected) {
    birth_year = year;
    birth_month = month;
    birth_day = day;
    what_birthday = bday;
    countDays();
    printf("your answer to test %d was %d, should have been %d\n", 
     test_num, num_days, expected);

    /* check the correctness and quality of their solution */
    if (num_days == expected) {
     if ((birth_year == year) && (birth_month == month) 
       && (birth_day == day)) {
      num_tests_passed += 1;
     } else {
      printf("you got the answer correct,"
       "but you don't follow instructions very well\n");
     }
    } else {
     printf("oops.\n");
    }
}


int main(void) {
    /* test #1: Born Feb 4, 1964 and about to turn 41 */
    testIt(1, 1964, 2, 4, 41, 41 * 365 + 11); // feb 29ths in '64, 68, 72,
          // 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96, 00, and 04 (11 days)

    /* test #2: Born Jan 22, 1998 and about to turn 2 */
    testIt(2, 1998, 1, 22, 2, 2 * 365); // no leap days

    /* test #3: Born March 22, 1998 and about to turn 2 */
    testIt(3, 1998, 3, 22, 2, 2 * 365 + 1); // feb 29, 2000

    /* test #4: Born March 22, 1898 and about to turn 2 */
    testIt(4, 1898, 3, 22, 2, 2 * 365); // no leap days

    /* test #5: Born Jan 22, 1996 and about to turn 4 */
    testIt(5, 1996, 1, 22, 4, 4 * 365 + 1); // feb 29, 1996

    /* test #6: Born March 22, 1996 and about to turn 4 */
    testIt(6, 1996, 3, 22, 4, 4 * 365 + 1); // feb 29, 2000

    /* test #7: Born March 22, 1796 and about to turn 4 */
    testIt(7, 1796, 3, 22, 4, 365 * 4); // no leap days

    /* test #8: Born Jan 1, 1800 and about to turn 101 */
    testIt(8, 1800, 1, 1, 101, 101 * 365 + 24); // There are 26 years divisible by 4
        // between 1800 and 1901, all of these except 1800 and 1900 are leap years
        // so there are 24 leap days
    /* test #9: born Jan 1, 1900 and about to turn 100 */
    testIt(9, 1900, 1, 1, 100, 100 * 365 + 24); // 26 years divisible by 4
        // 1900 was not a leap year, and the 100th brithday comes
        // before Feb 29, 2000, so only 24 leap days.


    if (num_tests_passed == 9) {
     printf("all tests passed successfully.  Well done!\n");
    } else {
     printf("you only passed %d of the 9 tests.  Looks like you've got some work to do\n",
      num_tests_passed);
    }
}
A: 

Maybe you omit that other file from link.

Michael Krelin - hacker
doesn't extern int birth_year; automatically links?
Does the compiler magically know what file it should find the actual declaration in?
Anon.
C is not like Java, where javac can tell from the name of a class what file it's in. You have to give the linker the file names of all the .o files you want to link. `extern` just says that the symbol will be resolved at link time, it doesn't say how.
Steve Jessop
+2  A: 
tommieb75
A: 
  • Declare the variables in a header file with extern tag
  • Declare them as global variables in the .c file
  • Include the header file in the .c file
Marware