Hello everyone ^^

In the tutorial on C, in beginner\'s toolbox, the author explicitly states that there are two required C libraries that you must always include: #include <stdio> and #include <stdlib>

I was wondering why 2? Is there a difference between <stdio> and <stdlib>?

Also, could a code potentially work without those two libraries?

Thanks!

I'd rather you add .h to your libraries.

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

He literally answers the question in the C tutorial. Right in the first chapter FFS.

If you really want to know everything — stdio stands for "standard input/output" and lets you display text (among other things), while stdlib deals more with memory management and handy math functions.

Be nice to noobs yall

To answer the last question I would guess that a program that does pure math or something could do without either. If you don't write in the console you don't need stdio.h. Likewise stdlib.h is much less common than you think.

Doing "pure math or something" without handling memory...? Wow. That's hardcore.

LOL fingers faster than my brain this morning. I meant to say a purely calculatory program could run without stdio.h.

Hate to do the "ackshually" meme.

int main() {

    int a = 5, b = 10;

    int sum = a + b;

    return 0;

}

int main() {

    __asm__("mov $0, %eax");

    return 0;

}