How to specify CMakeLists.txt to compile every target per every cpp file?

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I've got a bunch of cpp files, each contains a main function. I just wish to compile all of them in the patter like:

add_executable(algorithm1 algorithm1.cpp)
add_executable(algorithm2 algorithm2.cpp)
...
add_executable(findFile findFile.cpp)

I hope there's simplier way to avoid very similar lines. I need sth like

add_executable(EXTRACT_FROM_FILENAME xxx.cpp)

one line for all.

My question: can we achieve to compile/link and get the executable which name is from the source file? I know Makefile has similar funtionality, what about CMake? So next time I add a new cpp file, I don't have to modify this CMakeLists.txt file, and it will automatically compile the new file to target executable, with corresponding filename.

Thanks a lot.

match target filenames cmake c++
2 Answers
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)

project(Troskyvs LANGUAGES CXX)

file(GLOB one_file_sources RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "*.cpp")

foreach(file_path ${one_file_sources})
  get_filename_component(filename "${file_path}" NAME)
  add_executable("${filename}" "${file_path}")
  set_target_properties("${filename}" PROPERTIES
    CXX_STANDARD 17
    CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
    LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
endforeach()
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Something like this would work and avoid the many pitfalls of globbing in CMake.

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
project(example)

function(MyProj_add_tool filename)
  cmake_path(GET filename STEM target)
  add_executable("${target}" "${filename}")
endfunction()

MyProj_add_tool(algorithm1.cpp)
MyProj_add_tool(algorithm2.cpp)

# ...

MyProj_add_tool(findFile.cpp)

See the documentation for cmake_path here: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/cmake_path.html#get-stem

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