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From: dave@aspect.UUCP (Dave Corcoran)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Need help with quoting and the CPP
Summary: an m4 solution
Message-ID: <9816@aspect.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 91 22:44:10 GMT
References: <230@wimpy.nms.gdc.portal.com>
Organization: Aspect Telecommunications, San Jose, Ca
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In article <230@wimpy.nms.gdc.portal.com>, bergquis@nms.gdc.portal.com (Brett Bergquist) writes:
> Is there any way to expand an argument to a macro and at the same time
> surround it with quotes (making is a quoted string).

So I've got this fetish for m4 solutions!


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define(string,`QUOTE_ME')
define(quote_,`"$1"')
char *q=quote_(string)
char *s=quote_(Hey there hi there ho there)
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