Having trouble including header files

Question

I can only use header files that I add to C:\SDL2-w64\include, but I Can't get it to link to the include folder inside my project folder.

for example: I have a folder called "MyProject" and its located at C:\Users\User\Desktop\MyProject, inside the project folder there is an "Include" folder located at \MyProject\Include then I add a header file called "head.h" to the Include path. in my code I use #include <head.h> , I then get the error cannot open source file "head.h" , but if I add head.h to C:\SDL2-w64\include it works perfectly fine.

anyone know how to include the Include folder located in my project folder?

Answer 1

Assuming the file doing the including is located at C:\Users\User\Desktop\MyProject , try using #include "Include/head.h" . This is because there is a difference between using quotations ("") and angle brackets (<>) in your includes.

The reason is explained in this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3162067/19099501

But to summarize it, with most compilers, #include "blah.h" will search in the local directory first, and then the stuff it can reach from what's in your PATH variable, and #include <blah.h> will search from what's in PATH only. I am guessing that C:\SDL2-w64\include is in your PATH. That is probably why when you moved the header file to that location, it was able to find it.