Visual Studio Code C++: unordered_map not found - c++

Question

I was given some C++ files that I need to compile. I'm using Visual Studio Code with the C/C++ and Code Runner extensions on Windows 10. With the following "include" statements:
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <queue>
#include <unordered_map>
I get the following error:
unordered_map: No such file or directory
I am very new to C++, and haven't been able to find a solution to this problem. I've updated the "includePath" in my c_cpp_properties.json file as follows. I have also tried compiling with Cygwin and Visual Studio Community, but I get the same error. I know the unordered_map .hpp file exists, but the compiler doesn't seem to be finding it.
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**",
"C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.15.26726/include"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"windowsSdkVersion": "10.0.17134.0",
"cStandard": "c11",
"cppStandard": "c++17",
"intelliSenseMode": "msvc-x64"
}
],
"version": 4
If it's relevant, this is what my tasks.json file looks like:
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "build",
"type": "shell",
"command": "msbuild",
"args": [
// Ask msbuild to generate full paths for file names.
"/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
"/t:build"
],
"group": "build",
"presentation": {
// Reveal the output only if unrecognized errors occur.
"reveal": "silent"
},
// Use the standard MS compiler pattern to detect errors, warnings and infos
"problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
}
]
Are my .json files configured properly? I apologize if I'm missing something basic; I've done a lot of searching on how to compile C++ on Windows, and haven't had any success. Thank you in advance for any help.
EDIT:
Here is the full file I'm trying to compile. The executable is meant to be called by a python script.
https://github.com/jorpjomp/sierra-hotel/blob/master/location_routing.cpp

Answer 1

Unordered map is not supported in VS Code by default Microsoft ms-vscode.cpptools. Follow these steps to get over the problem:
Download MinGW from ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/ ). MinGW is a native Windows port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), with freely distributable import libraries and header files for building native Windows applications.
Mark all the packages for installation.
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Click on the Apply Changes option under the Installation tab
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Now, the Environment Variable’s Path is to be updated. Go to Advanced System Settings->Environment Variables.
Edit Path in System Variables Tab.
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Copy the path of the bin folder of MinGW. By default, the path is: C:\MinGW\bin
Paste this new path in the list and click OK.
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Run the C++ code in VS Code. It will work fine.
ss of vs code working fine at last

Answer 2

You are using msbuild at the moment to build your project. Is this intentional? If you just have "some C++ files" you want to compile, msbuild is an overkill, compile the source directly by either using Mingw's g++ or the Microsoft CL.exe compiler.
So I recommend:
1) Go to http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php/download, download and install mingw and add the path to g++ into your PATH environment variable.
2) In Visual Studio Code create a task.json with the following content:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "build",
"type": "shell",
"command": "g++",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
}
]
}
c_cpp_properties.json (assuming you store mingw here: C:\mingw\mingw64\bin):
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"compilerPath": "C:/mingw/mingw64/bin",
"cStandard": "c11",
"cppStandard": "c++17",
"intelliSenseMode": "msvc-x64"
}
],
"version": 4
}