Noob: install, zig init, zig run main.zig, fails

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winget to install

mkdir zig1

cd zig1

PS C:\work\zig1> zig run main.zig
error: failed to check cache: ‘main.zig’ file_hash FileNotFound
PS C:\work\zig1>

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Hello @pm100, welcome to ziggit :slight_smile:

main.zig file is missing from the C:\word\zig1 directory.

Try to create a main.zig file using a text editor.
To display “Hello World” when running zig run main.zig put the following contents in the file:

const std = @import("std");

pub fn main() void {
    std.debug.print("Hello World\n", .{});
}
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zig init did that for me

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aha, its zig run src/main.zig

nope, now I get

PS C:\work\zig1> zig run src/main.zig
src\main.zig:2:22: error: no module named 'zig1' available within module 'main'
const zig1 = @import("zig1");
                     ^~~~~~
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Since you created the project with zig init, a build.zig was also created that can build and run your project.
From zig1 directory run: zig build run

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