Code inclusion

Overview

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Questions

• How can I include code from an external file in my lesson

Objectives

• Include external code

Code includes

Might be good for unit testing code snippets and for having syntax highlighting etc. when writing longer bits. Also great when you want to give students the opportunity to download the full files.

This is a full include:

#include <iostream>

int main() {
  std::cout << "hello, world" << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

This is a partial include with line numbers

int main() {
  std::cout << "hello, world" << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

You can also include from a string to a string:

int main() {
  std::cout << "hello, world" << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

Key Points

• Put your code snippets in _episodes/code/

• There are three different ways to include code.