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<span id="module:CheckFunctionExists"></span><h1>CheckFunctionExists<a class="headerlink" href="#checkfunctionexists" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Check if a C function can be linked</p>
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<dt id="command:check_function_exists">
<code class="sig-name descname">check_function_exists</code><a class="headerlink" href="#command:check_function_exists" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">check_function_exists(</span><span class="nv">&lt;function&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;variable&gt;</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>Checks that the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;function&gt;</span></code> is provided by libraries on the system and store
the result in a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;variable&gt;</span></code>, which will be created as an internal
cache variable.</p>
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<p>The following variables may be set before calling this macro to modify the
way the check is run:</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS</span></code></dt><dd><p>string of compile command line flags.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS</span></code></dt><dd><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of macros to define (-DFOO=bar).</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES</span></code></dt><dd><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of header search paths to pass to
the compiler.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_LINK_OPTIONS</span></code></dt><dd><div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.14: </span>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of options to add to the link command.</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES</span></code></dt><dd><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of libraries to add to the link
command. See policy <span class="target" id="index-0-policy:CMP0075"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../policy/CMP0075.html#policy:CMP0075" title="CMP0075"><code class="xref cmake cmake-policy docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMP0075</span></code></a>.</p>
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<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Prefer using <span class="target" id="index-0-module:CheckSymbolExists"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CheckSymbolExists.html#module:CheckSymbolExists" title="CheckSymbolExists"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CheckSymbolExists</span></code></a> instead of this module,
for the following reasons:</p>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">check_function_exists()</span></code> can't detect functions that are inlined
in headers or specified as a macro.</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">check_function_exists()</span></code> can't detect anything in the 32-bit
versions of the Win32 API, because of a mismatch in calling conventions.</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">check_function_exists()</span></code> only verifies linking, it does not verify
that the function is declared in system headers.</p></li>
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