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.

Remember to add key bindings.

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

Installation

See INSTALL.md.

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++17 -Wall -Wextra -O2 \"${file}\" -o \"${file_base_name}.exe\"",
        "debugBuild": "g++ -std=gnu++17 -Wall -Wextra -g -O0 \"${file}\" -o \"${file_base_name}.exe\"",
        "inputBegin": "/*input\n",
        "inputEnd": "*/",
        "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": "\"\"\"",
        "run": "python -Xutf8 -u \"${file}\"",
        "ext": "py",
        "format": "black -"
    }
}

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

${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).

format command should take source as input and print formatted code as output.
ext is the extension to use when running untitled files.

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='')