[{TableOfContents }] \\ This is the example from the docs, properly fixed and portable to compile on Linux and Mac OS X (Snow Leopard). For the files and other possible information, see my GitHub example at [http://github.com/arcoleo/pycpp/swig]. This tutorial assumes you have install SWIG. If you have not, see [http://github.com/arcoleo/pycpp/swig]. !!! Files You need three files - {{Makefile}}, {{example.c}}, {{example.i}}. !! Makefile {{{ OS := $(shell uname) CC=gcc CXX=g++ ifeq ($(OS), Darwin) CFLAGS=-g -c LD=gcc LDFLAGS=-bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress else CFLAGS=-g -c -fPIC LD=ld LDFLAGS=-shared endif all: 1_example 1_example: example.c swig -python example.i $(CC) $(CFLAGS) example.c example_wrap.c -I/usr/include/python2.6 -I/usr/lib/python2.6 $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o _example.so example.o example_wrap.o clean: rm -f *.o rm -f *.pyc rm -f *.so rm -f example_wrap.c rm -f example.py }}} !! example.c {{{ #include <time.h> #include <string.h> double My_variable = 3.0; int fact(int n) { if (n <= 1) return 1; else return n * fact(n - 1); } int my_mod(int x, int y) { return (x % y); } char *get_time() { time_t ltime; time(<ime); return ctime(<ime); } }}} !! example.i {{{ %module example %{ /* Put header files here or function declarations like below */ extern double My_variable; extern int fact(int n); extern int my_mod(int x, int y); extern char *get_time(); %} extern double My_variable; extern int fact(int n); extern int my_mod(int x, int y); extern char *get_time(); }}} !!! Compile & Test Compile {{{ $ make }}} Test from a python shell {{{ >>> import example >>> example.fact(5) 120 >>> example.my_mod(7,3) 1 >>> example.get_time() 'Sun Feb 11 23:01:07 1996' >>> }}} ---- [Python | CategoryArchive.Computing.Lang.Python] - [C/C++ | CategoryArchive.Computing.Lang.C]