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Software and errors (part 2)

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Compile-time errors

Link-time errors

Runtime errors

Logic errors

Questions

QS&E Pt. 2, Q1

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Given the following error message: 

tmp.cc:8:9: error: invalid operands to binary expression ('double' and 'int')
What line number does the compiler suggest the error on? Write your answer as a single integer value.

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QS&E Pt. 2, Q2

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The following error reported by the compiler: 

tmp.cc:8:32: error: unexpected ':' in nested name specifier; did you mean '::'?
is what kind of compile-time error introduced in the lesson?

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QS&E Pt. 2, Q3

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The following error reported by the compiler: 

error: invalid operands to binary expression ('std::string' (aka 'basic_string') and
'std::string')
is what kind of compile-time error introduced in the lesson?

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QS&E Pt. 2, Q4

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The following error message: 

/tmp/tmp-f45386.o: In function `main:
tmp.cc:(.text+0x13): undefined reference to `Mult(int x, int y)'
tells you what? Select the best answer.

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QS&E Pt. 2, Q5

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The following error message: 

duplicate symbol '_main' in:
    /var/folders/37/z3gfdt9x0tvg0pr1drljxk0w0000gn/T/ex1-f27d44.o
    /var/folders/37/z3gfdt9x0tvg0pr1drljxk0w0000gn/T/ex2-ac8acf.o
ld: 1 duplicate symbol for architecture x86_64
tells you what? Select the best answer.

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QS&E Pt. 2, Q6

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The following error message communicates a run-time error: 

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range'
what(): vector::_M_range_check: __n (which is 3) >= this->size() (which is 3)
What happened? Select the best answer.

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QS&E Pt. 2, Q7

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The following function has a logic error: 

int LargestValueInVectorInt(const std::vector<int>& values) {
  int max = 0;
  for(int idx = 0; idx < values.size(); ++idx) {
    if (max < values.at(idx))
      max = values.at(idx);
  }
  return max;
}
On what line number does the logic error present? Enter the line number as an integer value.

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