gcc error : undefined reference to `itoa'

Question

if I include stdlib.h then also itoa() is not recognized. My code :

%{
#include "stdlib.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int yylex(void);
char p[10]="t",n1[10];
int n ='0';

%}
%union
{
char *dval;
}
%token ID
%left '+' '-'
%left '*' '/'
%nonassoc UMINUS
%type <dval> S
%type <dval> E
%%
S : ID '=' E {printf(" x = %sn",$$);}
;
E : ID {}
| E '+' E {n++;itoa(n,n1,10);printf(" %s = %s + %s ",p,$1,$3);strcpy($$,p);strcat($$,n1);}
| E '-' E {n++;itoa(n,n1,10);printf(" %s = %s – %s ",p,$1,$3);strcpy($$,p);strcat($$,n1);}
| E '*' E {n++;itoa(n,n1,10);printf(" %s = %s * %s ",p,$1,$3);strcpy($$,p);strcat($$,n1);}
| E '/' E {n++;itoa(n,n1,10);printf(" %s = %s / %s ",p,$1,$3);strcpy($$,p);strcat($$,n1);}
;
%%

main()
{
yyparse();
}

int yyerror (char *s)


{


}

After running the code I got :

gcc lex.yy.c y.tab.c -ll
12.y: In function ‘yyparse’:
12.y:24: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcpy’
12.y:24: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcat’
12.y:25: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcpy’
12.y:25: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcat’
12.y:26: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcpy’
12.y:26: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcat’
12.y:27: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcpy’
12.y:27: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcat’
/tmp/ccl0kjje.o: In function `yyparse':
y.tab.c:(.text+0x33d): undefined reference to `itoa'
y.tab.c:(.text+0x3bc): undefined reference to `itoa'
y.tab.c:(.text+0x43b): undefined reference to `itoa'
y.tab.c:(.text+0x4b7): undefined reference to `itoa'

Where am I going wrong ? Why cant it find the reference to itoa ? I have also tried with <> brackets for itoa.

Predictory

possible duplicate of C Error: undefined reference to '_itoa' – Anhydride

Answer 1

itoa is a non-standard function which is supported by some compilers. Going by the error, it's not supported by your compiler. Your best bet is to use snprintf() instead.

Abattoir

please could you tell how to use snprintf() ? – Predictory

An example use: snprintf (buff, sizeof(buf), "%d",n); // print int 'n' into the char[] buffer – Abattoir

yes I saw alternative to itoa at : #228505 – Predictory

It doesn't work when you have a char pointer and it already has some value. It crashes (Segmentation Fault: Address out of bound). – Riley

Answer 2

I use sprintf in following way:

#include <stdio.h>

char *my_itoa(int num, char *str)
{
        if(str == NULL)
        {
                return NULL;
        }
        sprintf(str, "%d", num);
        return str;
}

int main()
{
        int num = 2016;
        char str[20];
        if(my_itoa(num, str) != NULL)
        {
                printf("%s\n", str);
        }
}

I hope this will save someone's time ;)

Jumbo

How do I do this, if I am using a char pointer and it already has some value ? – Riley

@Riley It's shown in main function, you can call my_itoa() with a int value and a buffer to store the resulting string. – Jumbo