Include-path in C++

[floatingpoint]

Hi,

I have gathered all my constants in one “.h” file and I want to use them in my classes, which are all in a directory called “Classes”. The problem is about the scope. The “Constants.h” is at the same level as “Classes”’s directory, so that my classes do not see “Constants.h”:

The case is like this:

My_project\Classes\class_a.h
My_project \Classes\class_a.cpp
My_project\Constants.h

What include-path should I use for my classes to have access to the constants?

In addition, must my constants be static?

Thanks,
FloatingPoint

[Banfa]

The path you need to add is either

a relative path

..\

or as an absolute path

\<PathToMyProject>\My_project\

But I think you may have a problem in your code this statement gives it away

In addition, must my constants be static?

If you have declared your constants as

const float PI=3.1416;

in your Constants.h then you have made a mistake.

You should have them as

extern const float PI;

in the header file and then in a cpp file (may be constants.cpp) you should have

const float PI=3.1416;

If you just added static to all the declarations all that will happen is that even single cpp file they are included into will have their own copy of the constants and you will be using much more data than required (particularly important in an embedded application).

Never declare variables in a header.