How to call on a function found on another file?
You can use header files.
Good practice.
You can create a file called player.h
declare all functions that are need by other cpp files in that header file and include it when needed.
player.h
#ifndef PLAYER_H // To make sure you don't declare the function more than once by including the header multiple times.
#define PLAYER_H
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
int playerSprite();
#endif
player.cpp
#include "player.h" // player.h must be in the current directory. or use relative or absolute path to it. e.g #include "include/player.h"
int playerSprite(){
sf::Texture Texture;
if(!Texture.loadFromFile("player.png")){
return 1;
}
sf::Sprite Sprite;
Sprite.setTexture(Texture);
return 0;
}
main.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include "player.h" //Here. Again player.h must be in the current directory. or use relative or absolute path to it.
int main()
{
// ...
int p = playerSprite();
//...
Not such a good practice but works for small projects. declare your function in main.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
// #include "player.cpp"
int playerSprite(); // Here
int main()
{
// ...
int p = playerSprite();
//...
Small addition to @user995502's answer on how to run the program.
g++ player.cpp main.cpp -o main.out && ./main.out