Macros the devil

I want to use a macro defined in one c file into another c file.

For example if file a.c looks like:

#define TEN 10


So Now if i want to use TEN in b.c how can i do it?

You would have to #include a.c in b.c. But that is not considered good practice. A better alternative would be to move the #define to a header file and include that header in both a.c and b.c. Another solution if you cannot move the #define would be just to duplicate it inside b.c. This is a maintenance headache, but if it is unlikely to change and you can't move it to a header it's not so bad.

BTW, there is a separate forum for C questions, so questions like these would go better in there. If this were C++ I'd say don't use a #define.

#include "myfile.h"

not

#include <myfile.h>

for user-made header files.

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Originally Posted by reachnitinb

I want to use a macro defined in one c file into another c file.

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Don't do that. If a macro must be used in more than one place, it should be in a header file, not a source file.

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For example if file a.c looks like:

#define TEN 10

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I hope that's just an example and not something you're really doing.