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Whatisthetokenpastingoperatorandstringizingoperator
inC?
Tokenpastingoperator
ANSIhasintroducedawelldenedtokenpastingoperator,##,whichcanbeusedlikethis:
#definef(g,g2)g##g2
main()
{
intvar12=100;
printf("%d",f(var,12));
}
O/P
100
Stringizingoperator
#definesum(xy)printf(#xy"=%f\n",xy);
main()
{
sum(a+b);//Asgoodasprintf("a+b=%f\n",a+b);
}
Sowhatdoesthemessagewarning:macroreplacementwithinastringliteralmean?

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#defineTRACE(var,fmt)printf("TRACE:var=fmt\n",var)
TRACE(i,%d);
getsexpandedas
printf("TRACE:i=%d\n",i);
In other words, macro parameters were expanded even inside string literals and character constants.
Macro expansion is *not* dened in this way by K&R or by Standard C. When you do want to turn
macroargumentsinto
strings,youcanusethenew#preprocessingoperator,alongwithstringliteralconcatenation:
#defineTRACE(var,fmt)printf("TRACE:"#var"="#fmt"\n",var)
Seeandtrytounderstandthisspecialapplicationofthestrigizingoperator!
#deneStr(x)#x
#deneXstr(x)Str(x)
#deneOPplus
char*opname=Xstr(OP);//ThiscodesetsopnametoplusratherthanOP.
Herearesomemoreexamples
Example1
DefineamacroDEBUGsuchthatthefollowingprogram
intmain()
{
intx=4;
floata=3.14;
charch='A';
DEBUG(x,%d);
DEBUG(a,%f);
DEBUG(ch,%c);
}
outputs
DEBUG:x=4
DEBUG:y=3.140000
DEBUG:ch=A
Themacrowouldbe
#defineDEBUG(var,fmt)printf("DEBUG:"#var"="#fmt"\n",var);
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Example2

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Example2
WriteamacroPRINTforthefollowingprogram
intmain()
{
intx=4,y=4,z=5;
inta=1,b=2,c=3;
PRINT(x,y,z);
PRINT(a,b,c);
}
suchthatitoutputs
x=4y=4z=5
a=1b=2c=3
Hereisamacrothatwilldothis
#definePRINT(v1,v2,v3)printf("\n"#v1"=%d"#v2"=%d"#v3"=%d",v1,v2,v3)
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ShashankSays:
December22,2010at12:44pm|Reply
wellexplained

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kbcbccSays:
July31,2011at12:47pm|Reply
tellme,watisuseofmacropasting??
EnesSays:
November19,2011at12:36pm|Reply
thanksforwriting
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February4,2012at9:35pm|Reply
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arunkumarRSays:
February13,2012at6:24am|Reply
goodexample

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