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From: jwm712@unhd.unh.edu (Jonathan W Miner)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: help with a macro
Message-ID: <1991May11.192032.14985@unhd.unh.edu>
Date: 11 May 91 19:20:32 GMT
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Someone asked:
> I want a macro which adds characters before and
> after a string.

This may or may not work (depending on your compiler)
I tested it on cc (Failed) and gcc (Passed).

#define UNDERLINE(x) "_"x"_"

So: printf(UNDERLINE("hello"));

displays: _hello_

Jon.
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