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Simply use<br />
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#define STRING(X) #X &nbsp; 
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Wow ! What a quick response !<br />
Moreover, it works !!!<br />
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Thanks! I thought '#' was only to introduce macros, but it looks like a magic operator :-)
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Wow ! What a quick response !
Moreover, it works !!!

Thanks! I thought '#' was only to introduce macros, but it looks like a magic operator :-)

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Sorry for not being explicit, but you'll understand this question is difficult to sum up:<br />
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I want to write a macro that can replace abcd with &quot;abcd&quot; , that is transforming this line:<br />
&nbsp; cout &lt;&lt;&nbsp;STRING(abcd);<br />
with:<br />
&nbsp; cout &lt;&lt;&nbsp;&quot;abcd&quot;;<br />
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Please note that this absolutly needs to be a macro. So, no functions, no inline functions and so on.<br />
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thanks by advance :-)<br />
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PS: I have already tried:<br />
#define STRING(X) &quot;X&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;// I knew it wouldn't work, but well... I tried it anyway<br />
#define STRING(X) \&quot;X\&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;// It could have worked, but the compiler didn't agree for some reason...
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Sorry for not being explicit, but you'll understand this question is difficult to sum up:

I want to write a macro that can replace abcd with "abcd" , that is transforming this line:
  cout << STRING(abcd);
with:
  cout << "abcd";

Please note that this absolutly needs to be a macro. So, no functions, no inline functions and so on.

thanks by advance :-)

PS: I have already tried:
#define STRING(X) "X"      // I knew it wouldn't work, but well... I tried it anyway
#define STRING(X) \"X\"    // It could have worked, but the compiler didn't agree for some reason...

Tricky question about macros...

C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.