I printed __cplusplus and found out that my files are executed with C++98 in VSCode. It's my first day of learning C++ so I don't have any idea how to change this to C++17. Could someone instruct me how I can solve achieve this?
Edit: I'm using the code runner extension.
Go to extensions, then type ms-vscode.cpptools in the search bar.
Click on the C/C++ extension, and to the right of Uninstall, there should be a gear icon. Click it.
A dropdown menu should open. Select Extension Settings.
Now click in the search bar (sometimes it makes you click twice before you can type without replacing the extension filter) and type cppStandard.
From here, you should see two options, one for Cpp Standard, and one for C Standard.
Change Cpp Standard to your desired version. I generally use c++17.
Also, make sure your debugger is using the same version. In task.json the line after --std defines the version.
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "cppbuild",
"label": "C/C++: g++.exe build active file",
"command": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe",
"args": [
"--std",
"c++20",
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}