Build and Run

Build programs automatically and run them with input from source code comments.

• Different build and run commands for different languages.
• Project specific commands (in project settings).
• Run untitled (not saved) files.
• Any language.
• Fully customizable.
• Multiple runs.
• Format code.
• Compare with expected output.

Remember to add key bindings.

Contributions are welcome (please create an issue first and discuss it).

Installation

Install from VSCode Marketplace. See INSTALL.md for more details.

Configuration

Example configuration (supports both global settings.json or local .vscode/settings.json), don't just replace everything, add this inside settings object:

"buildAndRun": {
    "cpp": {
        "build": "g++ -std=gnu++20 -Wall -Wextra -O2 \"${file}\" -o \"${file_base_name}.exe\"",
        "debugBuild": "g++ -std=gnu++20 -Wall -Wextra -g -O0 \"${file}\" -o \"${file_base_name}.exe\"",
        "inputBegin": "/*input\n",
        "inputEnd": "*/",
        "outputBegin": "/*output\n",
        "outputEnd": "*/",
        "run": "\"${file_base_name}.exe\"",
        "debug": "gdb -q -ex \"set print thread-events off\" -ex run -ex \"bt -entry-values compact -frame-arguments scalar -full\" \"${file_base_name}.exe\"",
        "ext": "cpp",
        "format": "astyle --indent=tab --mode=c --project=none"
    },
    "python": {
        "inputBegin": "\"\"\"input\n",
        "inputEnd": "\"\"\"",
        "outputBegin": "\"\"\"output\n",
        "outputEnd": "\"\"\"",
        "run": "python -Xutf8 -u \"${file}\"",
        "ext": "py",
        "format": "ruff check - --fix | ruff format --line-length 120 -"
    }
}

Full list of language names can be found at VSC docs.

For more details on what each option does, please read comments in src/settings.ts

In command strings you can use the following variables:

${file} will be replaced by the currently open file.
${file_path} by the currently open file's directory.
${file_base_name} by ${file} without extension.
${workspace_path} by the path of the first folder of the workspace (or ${file_path} if no workspace is open).

Commands

List of commands (run by pressing ctrl+shift+P or add a key binding):

B&R: Build and Run with input
B&R: Build
B&R: Build and Debug with input
B&R: Kill running program
B&R: Format
B&R: Cleanup temp files

Input from comments

C++ example:

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
/*input
a
*/
/*input
b
*/
int main() {
    std::string x; std::cin >> x; std::cout << x << x;
}

Example output (program executed twice, with different inputs):

[Built in 0.612s]
aa
[Finished in 0.037s]
bb
[Finished in 0.039s]

Python example:

'''input
a
'''
'''input
b
'''
x = input()
print(x, x, sep='')