Thread: Global #define w/C Preprocessor

// File1.c

Code:

#include "File1.h"
#include "File3.h"

int main( void )
{
  myFunc();
  return 0;
}

// File1.h

Code:

#define _FILE1_
#ifndef _FILE1_H_
#define _FILE1_H_

int main( void );

#endif

// File2.c

Code:

// same as File1.c cept replace FILE1 w/ FILE2

// File2.h

Code:

// same as File1.h cept replace FILE1 w/ FILE2

// File3.c

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include "File3.h"

int myFunc( void )
{
  printf( "%s", MY_DEFINED_STRING );
  return 0;
}

// File3.h

Code:

#ifndef _FILE3_H_
#define _FILE3_H_

#if defined (_FILE1_)
#define MY_DEFINED_STRING "File1"
#elif defined (_FILE2_)
#define MY_DEFINED_STRING "File2"
#else
#define MY_DEFINED_STRING "Unkown"
#endif

int myFunc( void );

#endif

Trying to get something like the above to work. It's compiles and runs on my compiler but my end result is always "Unknown". Is there a way to make a global #define?

What do you mean 'work'?

It works as is, but without a clear definition of what you expect to see, then it's hard to say how you should fix it.
Also, what are you trying to achieve, maybe there's a completely different approach.

As it stands, file3.c doesn't include file1.h or file2.h, so neither of those can have any effect on the compilation of file3.c
You would at least need to include another header in file3.c (before file3.h is included) in order to make it recognise the define.

Now you could do this
gcc -D_FILE1_H_ file3.c
but that's just going to muck up the compilation of other modules.

In some sense, that is a 'global' define since each compilation unit will see that define if that's how you want to arrange your build.