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Download & Install the C/C++ Extension
We need to click on the extension button that displays a sidebar for downloading and installing the C/C++ extension in the visual studio code. In the sidebar, type C Extension. In this image, click on the Install button to install the C/C++ extension.
Download and Install Compiler Extension
A MinGW is an advanced GCC compiler software used to compile and execute code. It is software that supports only the window operating system.
Download the MinGW-w64 Compiler
1. Go to the https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw We land on the following page.
How to run a C program in Visual Studio Code
2. After that, click on the Download button, then it starts the downloading of the MinGW GCC compiler, as we can see in the below image.
3. MinGW software has been successfully downloaded into the system
4. Now we double-click on the MinGW set up to install the compiler.
As we can see, it shows that it is a harmful file click on the Run button to proceed with installing the setup.
5. Click on the Install
6. Set it defaults, or we can change the storage location of the setup. After that, click on the Continue
7. After clicking the continue button, it shows step 2 of MinGW Installation Manager
8. As we click on the Continue, it shows the below image. In the MinGW Installation Manager, we need to check the Mingw32-base package and Ming32-gcc-g++ package to run and compile the C/ C++ program in the visual studio code editor.
9. After selecting the checkbox, click on the Installation tab (at the top left corner of the dialog box).
Here we click on Apply Changes to set the package's installation in MinGW, as given below.
How to run a C program in Visual Studio Code
10. After click on the Apply button, it shows the below image.
11. After downloading the packages, it shows the installation process of the package, as shown below.
Here we can see all the changes have been successfully applied and then click on the Close button.
Set the Environment Path for the MinGW Set Up
After downloading and installing the MinGW compiler, we now set the environment path to include the C/C++ compiler directory.
1. Go to the installation directory of the MinGW Set Up. Here we installed the setup at the C drive, as shown below.
Start Coding in the Visual Studio Code Editor
1. Here we created a C Program folder to store all program code. We can create a folder with any name in any directory.
How to run a C program in Visual Studio Code?
A visual studio code is a lightweight software application with a powerful source code editor that runs on the desktop. It is a free source code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It is a software editor that has a rich extension of various languages like C++, C+, C, Java, Python, PHP, Go, etc. and runtime language extensions such as .NET and Unity. It is easy to edit, build, syntax highlighting, snippets, code refactoring and debugging. In visual studio code, we can change the application's background theme, keyboard shortcuts set on our preferences, install an extension and add additional functionality
Visual studio code : https://code.visualstudio.com/
Mingw :
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/