How do you get the line numbers in C?

Use the following Macros


__FILE__ Source file name (string constant) format "patx.c"
__LINE__ Current source line number (integer)
__DATE__ Date compiled (string constant)format "Dec 14 1985"
__TIME__ Time compiled (string constant) format "15:24:26"
__TIMESTAMP__ Compile date/time (string constant)format "Tue Nov 19 11:39:12 1997"


Usage example


static char stamp[] = "***\nmodule " __FILE__ "\ncompiled " __TIMESTAMP__ "\n***";

...

int main()
{
...

if ( (fp = fopen(fl,"r")) == NULL )
{
printf( "open failed, line %d\n%s\n",__LINE__, stamp );
exit( 4 );
}

...
}


And the output is something like


*** open failed, line 67
******
module myfile.c
compiled Mon Jan 15 11:15:56 1999
***