Re: Preprocessor question

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From: Norman Diamond
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 05:53

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In article <43js0n$1j5@icebox.mfltd.co.uk>, ked@mfltd.co.uk (Kev Digweed) writes:
>I'm trying to stringize [...] the VALUE of [...] a symbol already defined
>to the preprocessor
>    #define STR(wibble) #wibble
>    #define X 1
>    #define STRX STR(X)
>Of course, when I use STRX, I get "X". However, I want "1".

     #define STR(wibble) #wibble
     #define X 1
     #define STRY(a) STR(a)
     #define STRX STRY(X)

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From: diamond@jrd.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: Preprocessor question
Date: 19 Sep 1995 05:53:59 GMT
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