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From: Dave.Harris@f14.n15.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Harris)
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Subject: ANSI CPP string concatenation
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Date: 22 Jun 91 14:40:59 GMT
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 >From: nigel@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au (Nigel Harwood)
 >Does anyone know if you can append strings in ANSI C.

 >For example I want a macro which appends one of its numeric
 >arguments to a string coded into the marco.

 >#define APPEND(x,v)     { donothing+x = v; }

 >I know that the '+' isn't what I'm after but using whatever the method
 >turns out to be what I want it to generate from APPEND(1,123) is:

 >        { donothing1 = 123; }

 >Anyone know the secret ?

The secret is to use an array (like donothing[5]) or a lookup table.  This 
would be considered a better style unless you are using this differently than 
I think you are trying to use this....

but...  Mine is not the place to ask.

#define APPEND(x,v)   donothing##x = v
 


 

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