Quoting symbol in CPP

[Paul J. Lucas]

Given this:

#define NUM 100

I was to use a CPP macro like:

char *p = MACRO(NUM);

and have MACRO defined such that it would expand to:

char *p = "100";

I tried:

#define MACRO(X) #X

but, for MACRO(NUM), that expands to:

char *p = "NUM";

How can I get CPP to expand NUM first?

- Paul

[Szabolcs Borsanyi]

On May 9, 10:26*pm, "Paul J. Lucas" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Given this:

* * * * #define NUM 100

I was to use a CPP macro like:

* * * * char *p = MACRO(NUM);

and have MACRO defined such that it would expand to:

* * * * char *p = "100";

I tried:

* * * * #define MACRO(X) #X

but, for MACRO(NUM), that expands to:

* * * * char *p = "NUM";

How can I get CPP to expand NUM first?

- Paul

The preprocessor will expand the macro parameters first, unless
they appear next to a # (or ##).
So try this:

#define NUM 100
#define MACRO(X) #X
#define GOODMACRO(X) MACRO(X)

char *p=GOODMACRO(NUM);

GOODMACRO's argument is not following an #, so it is expanded, prior
to
looking at MACRO's meaning.

Szabolcs

[vippstar]

On May 10, 12:26 am, "Paul J. Lucas" <paul-
[e-mail]:

Given this:

#define NUM 100

I was to use a CPP macro like:

char *p = MACRO(NUM);

and have MACRO defined such that it would expand to:

char *p = "100";

I tried:

#define MACRO(X) #X

but, for MACRO(NUM), that expands to:

char *p = "NUM";

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