##-concatenation

[Ravi Uday]

Hi,

Why is this code not working ?
It says " 'TestFn_this_is_new_string' : undeclared identifier"

#define NEW_STR(x) {x##_this_is_new_string }

struct command
{
char *name;
}cm[10] = {NEW_STR(testFn)} ;
Thx,
Ravi

[Joona I Palaste]

Ravi Uday <ra*****@yahoo.com> scribbled the following:

Hi, Why is this code not working ?
It says " 'TestFn_this_is_new_string' : undeclared identifier" #define NEW_STR(x) {x##_this_is_new_string } struct command
{
char *name;
}cm[10] = {NEW_STR(testFn)} ;

Perhaps because you haven't declared the variable
TestFn_this_is_new_string anywhere?

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[Christopher Benson-Manica]

Ravi Uday <ra*****@yahoo.com> spoke thus:

Why is this code not working ?
It says " 'TestFn_this_is_new_string' : undeclared identifier" #define NEW_STR(x) {x##_this_is_new_string } struct command
{
char *name;
}cm[10] = {NEW_STR(testFn)} ;

Well, after the macro substitution, you get

struct command
{
char *name;
} cm[10] = {testFn_this_is_new_string} ;

First, note that the error message you posted has a capital T, while
the string you're using for the macro argument has a lowercase t. C
is case-sensitive, so that could be your problem right there. If not,
it's probably as Joona suggested - you just didn't declare this
oddly-named variable anywhere.

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[Richard Delorme]

Ravi Uday a écrit :

Why is this code not working ?
It says " 'TestFn_this_is_new_string' : undeclared identifier"

#define NEW_STR(x) {x##_this_is_new_string }
I think you want this instead:

#define NEW_STR(x) {#x "_this_is_new_string" }

The following points can explain why the above code works, but not yours:
- You forgot the quotes to make a valid literal string.
- You did not use the '#' to turn an identifier into a literal string.
- Consecutive literal strings are automatically concatenated, so you do
not need the ## macro operator.
struct command
{
char *name;
}cm[10] = {NEW_STR(testFn)} ;

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