Hi,
I never truly understand how a macro with ## work in C, for example,
if I define
#define X X##_YZ[2]
what and how does this translated into after compilation?
Can't find similar info. googling, would appreciate some detailed
information.
Thanks in advance.
tom 8 32784 da****@gmail.co m wrote:
Hi,
I never truly understand how a macro with ## work in C, for example,
if I define
#define X X##_YZ[2]
Not very useful here, actually,
The double pound sign is used for token concatenation:
Example:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) X##.##Y
BUILD_NAME("Big ", "Jim")
translates to:
"Big.Jim"
Thanks in advance.
--
Pietro Cerutti
PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp
On Aug 28, 10:13 am, Pietro Cerutti <g...@gahr.chwr ote:
dav...@gmail.co m wrote:
Hi,
I never truly understand how a macro with ## work in C, for example,
if I define
#define X X##_YZ[2]
Not very useful here, actually,
The double pound sign is used for token concatenation:
Example:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) X##.##Y
BUILD_NAME("Big ", "Jim")
translates to:
"Big.Jim"
Thanks in advance.
--
Pietro Cerutti
PGP Public Key:http://gahr.ch/pgp
Thanks for the information, Sometimes it is used before the token,
other time behind it, in your example, can I do like below? What's the
difference?
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) ##X.##Y
Thanks again
tom
Pietro Cerutti <ga**@gahr.chwr ites:
The double pound sign is used for token concatenation:
Example:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) X##.##Y
BUILD_NAME("Big ", "Jim")
translates to:
"Big.Jim"
I'm pretty sure that it doesn't, actually.
If you want to write code with that effect, you can much more
simply write:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) X "." Y
so that BUILD_NAME("Big ", "Jim") translates to:
"Big" "." "Jim"
which the compiler will then concatenate into a single string,
with the same effect as "Big.Jim".
--
"What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate for the novice.
You must understand the Tao before transcending structure."
--The Tao of Programming
Ben Pfaff wrote:
Pietro Cerutti <ga**@gahr.chwr ites:
>The double pound sign is used for token concatenation: Example:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) X##.##Y
BUILD_NAME("Bi g", "Jim")
translates to:
"Big.Jim"
I'm pretty sure that it doesn't, actually.
If you want to write code with that effect, you can much more
simply write:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) X "." Y
so that BUILD_NAME("Big ", "Jim") translates to:
"Big" "." "Jim"
which the compiler will then concatenate into a single string,
with the same effect as "Big.Jim".
You are right. I tried to think about the simplest and smallest example
using token concatenation, and I failed miserably ;-)
Next try:
The token created by concatenating X and Y has to be itself a valid token:
#define BUILD_MSG(X) msg_##X
BUILD_MSG(hello )
would translate to
msg_hello
--
Pietro Cerutti
PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp da****@gmail.co m wrote:
On Aug 28, 10:13 am, Pietro Cerutti <g...@gahr.chwr ote:
>dav...@gmail.c om wrote:
>>Hi, I never truly understand how a macro with ## work in C, for example, if I define #define X X##_YZ[2]
Not very useful here, actually,
The double pound sign is used for token concatenation: Example:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) X##.##Y
BUILD_NAME("Bi g", "Jim")
translates to:
"Big.Jim"
>>Thanks in advance.
-- Pietro Cerutti
PGP Public Key:http://gahr.ch/pgp
Thanks for the information, Sometimes it is used before the token,
other time behind it, in your example, can I do like below? What's the
difference?
Please read my other post, in reply to Ben Pfaff, for corrections on the
explanation :-)
The ## goes on the side you want your token to be pasted:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) ##X.##Y
You have two tokens, X and Y, which you want to concatenate, using a dot
in between
You want the dot to appear AFTER X, and Y appear after the dot
-X ## . ## Y
>
Thanks again
--
Pietro Cerutti
PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp
On Aug 28, 10:02 pm, dav...@gmail.co m wrote:
Hi,
I never truly understand how a macro with ## work in C, for example,
if I define
#define X X##_YZ[2]
what and how does this translated into after compilation?
Can't find similar info. googling, would appreciate some detailed
information.
In simple terms - It is for token concatenation / token pasting.
Search using the terms "Token Concatenation in C" or "Token Pasting in
C" or "## in C"
Karthik Balaguru
On Aug 28, 12:58 pm, Pietro Cerutti <g...@gahr.chwr ote:
#define BUILD_NAME(X,Y) ##X.##Y
You have two tokens, X and Y, which you want to concatenate, using a dot
in between
You want the dot to appear AFTER X, and Y appear after the dot
-X ## . ## Y
Although, to be precise, if you're using the dot to access a structure
member (e.g. somestruct.valu e), no concatenation is needed, as it is
made up of three separate tokens. I'm not sure if token concatenation
would work for constructing floating-point numbers, but I imagine it
potentially could.
On Aug 28, 10:02 am, dav...@gmail.co m wrote:
Hi,
I never truly understand how a macro with ## work in C, for example,
if I define
#define X X##_YZ[2]
what and how does this translated into after compilation?
Can't find similar info. googling, would appreciate some detailed
information.
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