The #error directive is one of the C preprocessor directives whose purpose is to stop the compilation process when a violation of constraint is found.
This program demonstrates the use of #error directive in Turbo C++ that is running on a DOS Box 0.74 system running on a Windows 7 64-bit PC.
Problem Definition
In this program, we are trying to write a program for finding q square-root of a number. To find square root we need a function called sqrt() which is part of Math.h header file.
The header file is not included in the programming which is an error. The #error directive will find this error and throw a user-defined message before terminating the compilation process.
Program Code – #error
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#ifndef _MATH_H
#error First include header file then compile
#else
main()
{
float a,b = 25;
a = sqrt(b);
printf("%f\n",a);
return 0;
}
#endifOutput – #error directive
The output from the program is a compilation error – #error directive in turbo C++ compiler.
First include header file then compile