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zig — The Zig compiler and toolchain. More information: <https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/>.

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Problem

How to use the zig command: The Zig compiler and toolchain. More information: <https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/>.

Solution

zig — The Zig compiler and toolchain. More information: <https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/>.

Compile the project in the current directory:

zig build

Compile and run the project in the current directory:

zig build run

Initialize a zig build project with library and executable:

zig init

Create and run a test build:

zig test {{path/to/file.zig}}

Cross compile, build, and run a project for x86_64 architecture and windows operating system:

zig build run -fwine -Dtarget=x86_64-windows

Reformat Zig source into canonical form:

zig fmt {{path/to/file.zig}}

Translate a C file to zig:

zig translate-c -lc {{path/to/file.c}}

Use Zig as a drop-in C++ compiler:

zig c++ {{path/to/file.cpp}}

Code Snippets

Compile the project in the current directory

zig build

Compile and run the project in the current directory

zig build run

Initialize a `zig build` project with library and executable

zig init

Create and run a test build

zig test {{path/to/file.zig}}

Cross compile, build, and run a project for `x86_64` architecture and `windows` operating system

zig build run -fwine -Dtarget=x86_64-windows

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