what is macros and it function?
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macros are like scripts people on TV use. just as the people on tv say what's on their script, a program does just what is stated on a macro. this is what makes them suitable for automating repetetive tasks. note that macros can vary from program to program. ms office programs, for example, give macros great power, while some other programs have macros that are simple "recordings" of keystrokes and mouseclicks.
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1) In Microsoft Word and other programs, a macro is a saved sequence of commands or keyboard strokes that can be stored and then recalled with a single command or keyboard stroke.
2) In computers, a macro (for "large"; the opposite of "micro") is any programming or user interface that, when used, expands into something larger. The original use for "macro" or "macro definition" was in computer assembler language before higher-level, easier-to-code languages became more common. In assembler language, a macro definition defines how to expand a single language statement or computer instruction into a number of instructions. The macro statement contains the name of the macro definition and usually some variable parameter information. Macros were (and are) useful especially when a sequence of
instructions is used a number of times (and possibly by different programmers working on a project). Some pre-compilers also use the macro concept. In general, however, in higher-level languages, any language statement is about as easy to write as an assembler macro statement.
Assembler macros generate instructions inline with the rest of a program. More elaborate sequences of instructions that are used frequently by more than one program or programmer are encoded in subroutines that can be branched to from or assembled into a program.
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by: chewymonPosted on 1999-09-25 at 07:55:35ID: 2074699
Macros are like miniprograms to automate certain sequences. If you have something you do over and over, if you set up a macro, you can do the whole process simoly by running it.