How do I open a .c file

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Hello guys, here is the thing, a professor sent me a .c file to edit it, I know that this was done un C or C++ Software, I cannot find the way to get this opened, I downloaded codeblocks and no worked at all (or I am missing something).. could you please help me with it?

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Please let me know if you need the .C file.

Posted 10-Oct-15 8:30am

Member 11267069

Updated 10-Oct-15 8:32am

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PIEBALDconsult 10-Oct-15 14:32pm

Any text editor will work. Try Notepad.

Member 11267069 10-Oct-15 14:36pm

Ok, this is for edit it, perfect, now, I want to compile it, I mean, create the .exe file, I tryed with Dev C++ and there are "errors" in the code, no way, I think that since is a very new version it not supports anymore this file, any suggestion??

PIEBALDconsult 10-Oct-15 14:48pm

If there are errors, they are unlikely to go away simply by using a different compiler (but maybe).
Anyway, please use Improve question to add the text of the error and the text of the line(s) that cause the error.
Also include the command-line you used to execute the compiler.

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 10-Oct-15 14:51pm

That is suffice, but I would recommend that he contacts his teacher to get help (because these assignments and institute-based stuff needs a lot of hard work and effort), who sent the file. If his teacher had the same errors, then I wonder what might help him. :laugh:

Member 11267069 10-Oct-15 14:58pm

That is true, this teacher is intended to make us fail, He got the code from this webpage: http://www.dailyfreecode.com/DisplayArticle.aspx?MySyntaxId=1018

according to him, we need to translate the software and then just run it.

Please people, I am in a real hurry, try to help me with this.

PIEBALDconsult 10-Oct-15 15:00pm

No one can _make_ you fail. You're doing well enough on your own.

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 10-Oct-15 15:02pm

1) Consider leaving the teacher and find someone, who teaches.

2) The program that you have shown would (no wonder) require advanced knowledge and understanding of C and the headers that are being used. You seem to be a student yet.

Member 11267069 10-Oct-15 15:04pm

Exactly, I am a student, the teacher just gave this to us, look guys, I just nedd a software that can compile this, it means, to transform the .c to .exe ; that`s it. I will do the translation later but without the compiler, ... I will be done for

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Oct-15 1:42am

The "program" shown on this page is total trash, it's only good to lean how NOT to do programming. And you cannot get through all it by getting help from someone. The whole idea to do the exercises of compiling someone else's program is also total trash. Look, this is not a rocket surgery, everything can be learned...
—SA

Member 11267069 10-Oct-15 15:02pm

There are no errors, actually, this is the webpage of the code: you can try and download it http://www.dailyfreecode.com/DisplayArticle.aspx?MySyntaxId=1018

I am really in a hurry, please help me with it

PIEBALDconsult 10-Oct-15 15:07pm

You may be in a hurry. I am not. And I'm not going to click on that link.

Member 11267069 10-Oct-15 15:10pm

Ok, would you like I post the sourcecode? I have no problems with it

PIEBALDconsult 10-Oct-15 15:18pm

No. Only the parts you are having trouble with, but it seems like the problem is that you don't know how to use the compiler, so the source code won't help. Please at least use Improve question to tell us which compiler you are trying to use and the command-line you are using.

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-10T08:49:00

Having a C program source code is not enough, you need to have a compiler too. Then, compiler would need the references (locations) where to find the headers (if there are any in the source code). Those headers need to be accessible by the compiler, to link them and create an executable.

So, just the Code::Blocks or Dev C++ is not enough. You have to understand how a program is actually created.

1. You write the program in C programming language.
- As mentioned in comment to your question, by PIEBALDconsult, you can write the program in anything... Anything. There is no need to have Visual Studio installed!
2. Make sure you are having a compiler for that language. If you are not going to install an IDE, GCC is your bet! GCC compiler for C[^] would compile the source code and give you an executable. For that C source file.
3. Compiler, if finds any errors, will notify you! So, ensure to fix them. (Coming to this point later)
4. Execute the executable file created to see the output.
- It depends on frameworks, on Windows you can double click and a console will open, on Linux-based systems, to see the output you may want to open a terminal at that location first.

Now, that is the entire process. If you understood it, great, if you didn't. Start by following (and performing the steps) from the step 1.

The thing you mentioned, "errors" in it. The errors are because the compiler doesn't understand what you wrote. Compiler is smart enough, but not smart enough to solve the problems for you. :-)

So you have to solve the problems yourself. In case of C, that can be a headache. If you cannot solve them, I recommend you contact your teacher and ask him to help you out. :-)