C++ program won't work!

[raja]

Here's my code:

#include

main ()
{
//declare variables
char name[21];
char address[21];
char city[21];
char state[21];
char zip[11];
char phone[12];

// get all variables
cout << "Enter your name: ";
cin.get(name, 21);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your address: ";
cin.get(address, 21);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your city: ";
cin.get(city, 21);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your state: ";
cin.get(state, 21);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your zip: ";
cin.get(zip, 11);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your phone number: ";
cin.get(phone, 12);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');

/***************************************
* output all variables in this format: *
* Name *
* Address *
* City, State, ZIP Code *
* Phone Number *
***************************************/

cout << name << '\n';
cout << address << '\n';
cout << city << ", " << state << ", " << zip << '\n';
cout << phone << '\n';

return 0;
}

For some reason, it won't work. Please help!! It compiles okay, but when I try and link it, I get this error message:

"personal info.obj : error LNK2005: _main already defined in string.obj
Debug/string.exe : fatal error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found
Error executing link.exe."

Please help.. my teacher is retarded and doesn't know a damn thing about C++!! Our book doesn't help, and the compiler we're using (Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0) doesn't tell me how to fix my "multiply defined symbols." Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

[KoOk]

//Dude you missed a few things at the beginning, make sure you have your header
files in


#include
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
//declare variables
char name[21];
char address[21];
char city[21];
char state[21];
char zip[11];
char phone[12];

// get all variables
cout << "Enter your name: ";
cin.get(name, 21);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your address: ";
cin.get(address, 21);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your city: ";
cin.get(city, 21);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your state: ";
cin.get(state, 21);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your zip: ";
cin.get(zip, 11);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');
cout << "Enter your phone number: ";
cin.get(phone, 12);
cin.ignore(80,'\n');

/***************************************
* output all variables in this format: *
* Name *
* Address *
* City, State, ZIP Code *
* Phone Number *
***************************************/

cout << name << '\n';
cout << address << '\n';
cout << city << ", " << state << ", " << zip << '\n';
cout << phone << '\n';

return 0;
}

[Paul Victorey]

Originally posted by raja Here's my code: For some reason, it won't work. Please help!! It compiles okay, but when I try and link it, I get this error message: "personal info.obj : error LNK2005: _main already defined in string.obj Debug/string.exe : fatal error LNK1169: one or more multiply defined symbols found Error executing link.exe." Please help.. my teacher is retarded and doesn't know a damn thing about C++!! Our book doesn't help, and the compiler we're using (Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0) doesn't tell me how to fix my "multiply defined symbols." Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

Wht this message means is that is trying to like this, as well as string.obj (which is the compiled version of string.cpp, which I'm assuming is another file in this project?) and it found two main() functions. Because main() is defined more than once, it can't link the program.

Remove main() from string.cpp and you should be fine.