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diff --git a/source/lang/include.rst b/source/lang/include.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a8bc74c --- /dev/null +++ b/source/lang/include.rst @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +.. highlight:: cpp + +.. _lang-include: + +#include +======== + +``#include`` is used to include outside libraries in your sketch. +This gives the programmer access to a large group of standard C +libraries (groups of pre-made functions and data types), and also +libraries written especially for Maple. + +Example +------- + +This example (from the `Arduino LiquidCrystal Tutorial +<http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LiquidCrystal>`_) includes a library +that is used to control :ref:`LCD displays <liquid-crystal>`:: + + // include the library code: + #include <LiquidCrystal.h> + + // initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins + LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2); + + void setup() { + // set up the LCD's number of columns and rows: + lcd.begin(16, 2); + // Print a message to the LCD. + lcd.print("hello, world!"); + } + + void loop() { + // set the cursor to column 0, line 1 + // (note: line 1 is the second row, since counting begins with 0): + lcd.setCursor(0, 1); + // print the number of seconds since reset: + lcd.print(millis()/1000); + } + +Note that a ``#include`` line, like :ref:`#define <lang-define>`, +has **no semicolon**. The compiler will print strange error messages +if you add one. + +C Standard Library +------------------ + +The standard C library that comes with Maple is called `newlib +<http://sourceware.org/newlib/>`_. Its main sources of documentation +are its `main reference <http://sourceware.org/newlib/libc.html>`_ +page and its `math functions +<http://sourceware.org/newlib/libm.html>`_ reference page. Here's an +example that imports the math.h library in order to take the `cube +root <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_root>`_ of a number:: + + #include <math.h> + + void setup() { + // no setup necessary + } + + void loop() { + // "cbrt" stands for "cube root" + double cubeRootOf3 = cbrt(3.0); + // prints a number that is approximately the cube root of 3: + SerialUSB.println(cubeRootOf3); + } + + + +.. include:: cc-attribution.txt |