How to link to the C math library with CMake?

Question

How do I add the math library to my CMake file? This post references adding a target link library, yet I am not too familiar with C. An Additional post - Could someone please demonstrate an example. Documentation I am using C and I receive an undefined reference to 'pow' with the pow method of the math header.

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)
project(CSCI-E-28-Unix-Linux-Systems-Programming)

set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")

set(SOURCE_FILES
    CMakeLists.txt
    getchar.c
    main.cpp
        hw0
    more01.c)

#target_link_libraries(<math.h> m)

add_executable(main main.cpp)
add_executable(getchar getchar.c)
add_executable(more01 more01.c)
add_executable(argu print_all_arguments.c)
add_executable(chars chars.c)
add_executable(ch4 ch4.c)

Answer 1

Many mathematical functions (pow, sqrt, fabs, log etc.) are declared in math.h and require the library libm to be linked. Unlike libc, which is automatically linked, libm is a separate library and often requires explicit linkage. The linker presumes all libraries to begin with lib, so to link to libm you link to m.

You have to use it like target_link_libraries(ch4 m) to link libmto your target. The first argument must be a target. Thus it must be used after add_executable(ch4 ch4.c) like:

add_executable(ch4 ch4.c)
target_link_libraries(ch4 m)