c++ makefile missing separator issue

Question

i\'m not sure why my makefiles isn\'t working. i googled the the error and i got some stuff about whitespaces and tabs but i\'m not sure what to do.

error: makefile:17:

Answer 1

Your command need to be tab (not space) indented. For example,

$(TITLE): $(OBJECTS)
    $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
^ this is a tab (in disguise...)