From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karthik Vishwanath Subject: Re: undefined sqrt() Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:17:27 -0400 Sender: linux-c-programming-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <20021024200624.GA1057@teamfinders.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20021024200624.GA1057@teamfinders.org> List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Theo. Sean Schulze" Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org Try: gcc -Wall -lm -o glide glide.c -K ---------------------------------------- The biggest difference between time and space is that you can't reuse time -- Merrick Furst On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Theo. Sean Schulze wrote: > Hello, > > This is a real newbie type question. Usually my problems with C involve pointers, but this one is a problem with the function sqrt(). I had a math problem I needed to solve, and having forgotten my high school algebra about 25 years ago, I thought I could quickly write a C program to get an approximate answer by brute force. This program is supposed to figure out one of the sides of a right triangle using the other side and the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse has a fixed relationship to the side of unknown lenght. Anyway, here is the code, such as it is: > > > // > // Filename: glide.c > // Version: 0.0.1 Date: 24 October, 2002 > // > // Author: T. Sean Schulze > // System: i386-slackware-linux-gnu > // > // Purpose: The purpose of this script is to use brute force to find out > // how long the long side and the hypotenuse of a right triangle are > // when the short side of the triangle is 35 feet long. This will, of > // course, vary depending on the angle between the two unknown sides. > // > // Limitations: Down and dirty. Not useful for much else than this brute > // attempt. > > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > > double a ; > double b ; > double c ; > double GLIDE ; > > int > main(void) /*(int argc, char **argv)*/ > { > GLIDE = 0.012 ; > a = 0.0 ; > > while( b < 35.0 ) > { > a++ ; > c = a * (1 + GLIDE) ; > b = sqrt((c * c) - (a * a)) ; > > } > > printf("Glide = %f\n", GLIDE); > printf("a = %f\n", a) ; > printf("b = %f\n", b) ; > printf("c = %f\n", c) ; > > exit(0); > > } > > When I try to compile it, I get these messages: > > dragoon:/home/tschulze/bin # gcc -Wall -o glide glide.c > /tmp/ccXahjXY.o: In function `main': > /tmp/ccXahjXY.o(.text+0x98): undefined reference to `sqrt' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > Could someone please give me a hint why this doesn't work? > > TIA, > Sean > > -- > Theo. Sean Schulze > tschulze@teamfinders.org > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >