Re: iostream.h not found

From:
Pete Becker <pete@versatilecoding.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:47:04 -0400
Message-ID:
<lpWdneew4K61flfWnZ2dnUVZ_oc_AAAA@giganews.com>
guddu wrote:

Hi,
I have installed g++ for windows from http://www.cmc.edu/math/alee/g++/g++.html
g++ is coorectly installed and path is set.
However looks like, path for standard header files is not set.
So when I use cout in the code, the code file gets compiled but it
gives the error as follows:

E:\Documents and Settings\VISHAL>g++ file.cpp
file.cpp: In function 'int main()':
file.cpp:7: error: 'cout' was not declared in this scope

if I #include<iostream.h>
I get following error :
E:\Documents and Settings\VISHAL>g++ file.cpp
file.cpp:3:21: error: iostream.h: No such file or directory
file.cpp: In function 'int main()':
file.cpp:7: error: 'cout' was not declared in this scope

Do I need to install standard file from some other location or some
other path needs to be set.


iostream.h is not a standard C++ header. Some implementations support it
for compatibility with pre-standard (i.e. pre-1998) C++.

Since you didn't show the code that failed to compile, it's impossible
to say more about why it failed.

--
   Pete
Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd. (www.versatilecoding.com) Author of
"The Standard C++ Library Extensions: a Tutorial and Reference"
(www.petebecker.com/tr1book)

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