Compile and Execute

For using VSCode in windowns when compiling c++ codes, you need to install a c++ compiler.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/cppcode.visualstudio.com

C++ is a compiled language. That means that to get a C++ program to run, you must first translate it from a human-readable form to something a machine can “understand.” That translation is done by a program called a compiler.

When you program in C++, you mainly go through 4 phases during development:

1. Code — writing the program

2. Save — saving the program

3. Compile — compiling via the terminal

4. Execute — executing via the terminal

To compile and execute a C++ code, we should use Terminal. To compile a file, you need to type g++ followed by the file name in the terminal. To execute the new machine code file, all you need to do is type ./ and the machine code file name in the terminal.

$ g++ file_name.cpp
$ ./output_file.out

To set a different name for the output file, use the following command in the terminal:

$ g++ file_name.cpp -o desired_output_file_name