Including Other Files

Developing projects with multiple files is a universally good way to separate parts of code. MCCompiled has shallow support for multi-file development using the $include command.

The $include command loads and processes the input file on the spot; it's effectively the same as if you had placed the file's source code in place of the command.

Example

The syntax of the $include command is $include <string: file>. The following example shows defining a function in one file and then calling it in the main file. The structure of the example looks like this:

./resources/
- lib.mcc
main.mcc

lib.mcc

// returns the absolute value of the given number
function abs(int n) {
    if n < 0
        return n * -1
    else
        return n   
}

main.mcc

// include the file containing `abs(n)` for use in this project
$include "resources/lib.mcc"

// use the function
define a = -30
define b = abs(a)
print "Absolute value of {a} is {b}"

Last modified: 28 October 2024