C Programming: Preprocessor, macros as tokens
c, c-preprocessor, macros, stringification, token
Solution
You just need additional indirection:
#include <stdio.h>
int main( int argc , char const *argv[] )
{
int abc_def_ghi = 42;
#define SUFFIX ghi
#define VAR3(prefix, suffix) prefix##_def_##suffix
#define VAR2(prefix, suffix) VAR3(prefix, suffix)
#define VAR(prefix) VAR2(prefix, SUFFIX)
printf( "%d\n" , VAR(abc) );
return 0;
}
Even though it looks redundant, it's not.
Problem
I'm trying to do something that is conceptually similar to this, but can't seem to get it to work (error shown at end) any ideas? ``` #include <stdio.h> int main( int argc , char const *argv[] ) { int abc_def_ghi = 42; #define SUFFIX ghi #define VAR(prefix) prefix##_def_##SUFFIX printf( "%d\n" , VAR(abc) ); return 0; } // untitled:8: error: ‘abc_def_SUFFIX’ undeclared (first use in this function) ```