C/C++ for VS Code

Keywords: #C/C++ #build
VS Code

For the beginner ,I advise you could install a extension Code Runner to meet demand.Don’t fool around.

Download MinGW for g++/gcc,through MSYS2 you can manage and update MinGW-w64.

Then,Configure the following three files in .vscode.

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tasks.json

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Build C++ file",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "g++",
            "args": [
                "-g",
                "${file}",
                "-o",
                "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
            ],
            "group": "build",
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ],
            "detail": "Compiler: g++"
        },
        {
            "type": "cppbuild",
            "label": "C/C++: g++.exe generate activity files",
            "command": "E:/MinGW/bin/g++.exe",//path of g++.exe
            "args": [
                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
                "-g",
                "${file}",
                "-o",
                "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
            ],
            "options": {
                "cwd": "E:/MinGW/bin"
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "detail": "The task generated by the debugger."
        }
    ]
}

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Launch C++ Program",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
            "args": [],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "environment": [],
            "externalConsole": true,
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "F:\\MinGWcpp\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe",  //path of gdb.exe
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ],
            "preLaunchTask": "Build C++ file"  // consistency with the label in tasks.json
        }
    ]
}

c_cpp_properties.json

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
            ],
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "compilerPath": "E:/MinGW/bin/g++.exe", //path of g++.exe
            "cStandard": "c23",
            "cppStandard": "gnu++23",
            "intelliSenseMode": "windows-gcc-x64"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}
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