Thread: itoa

I was wondering if I have a declaration such as:

Code:

#define worker_id1 2311

and at some point of my program I want to print

Code:

worker_id1

but not the integer value which is 2311,just the string "worker_id1"
can I use itoa in order to achieve it?

Nope, itoa is not only non-standard but it doesn't convert a #define into a string.

Try using stringification.

Originally Posted by memcpy

Nope, itoa is not only non-standard but it doesn't convert a #define into a string.

Try using stringification.

Thank you for your answer.I have never used that before and although I googled it I couldn't quite understand how it's working..
Could you please give me a simple example?

I think I can help. I took a program:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

#define STRINGIFY(x)  #x
#define WYSIWYG(x) puts ( x )

#define WORKERID  12345

int main ( void )
{
    const char *thing = STRINGIFY(WORKERID);
    WYSIWYG(thing);
    return 0;
}

Now with specific compiler switches (-E) I was able to produce an in-between stage text file. That file has no #defines or #includes anymore. The interesting part is:

Code:

int main ( void )
{
    const char *thing = "WORKERID";
    puts ( thing );
    return 0;
}

And of course, removing the -E I can make a exe and run it.

Code:

WORKERID

So I hope this was instructive.

Thank you guys for your answers!I will try both methods!