Thread: #define STR(ABC) #ABC ---> Question on how to run

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    #define STR(ABC) #ABC ---> Question on how to run

    hello.


    An error occurred in the code below. I have a question about it.

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #define STR(ABC)  #ABC
    
    int main(void) 
    { 
        puts(STR(123)); 
        puts(STR(12, 23, 34)); ---> error 
        putchar('\n'); 
        return 0; 
    }
    I am learning C language. In the book that I see, I explain the following.

    #define STR(ABC) #ABC
    eg)
    STR(123) ---> "123"
    STR(12, 23, 34) ---> "12, 23, 34"

    I am learning C language with CentOS 7 and gcc 4.8.5. However, the following is an error.

    ================================================== ==================
    puts(STR(12, 23, 34)); ---> error

    test0140.c: In function ‘main’:
    test0140.c:7:21: error: macro "STR" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 1
    puts(STR(12, 23, 34));
    ^
    test0140.c:7:7: error: ‘STR’ undeclared (first use in this function)
    puts(STR(12, 23, 34));
    ^
    test0140.c:7:7: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
    ================================================== ==================

    To fix the error, I changed the code as follows:

    puts(STR(12));

    or

    #define STR(A, B, C) #A #B #C
    puts(STR(12, 23, 34));

    Is the question impossible to code originally shown in the book? Is the book simply wrong? (For others, compiling to Visual Studio on Windows will only print a warning.)

    *** Contents of the book ***
    #define STR(ABC) #ABC
    eg)
    STR(123) ---> "123"
    STR(12, 23, 34) ---> "12, 23, 34"

    This is the second question. Is it the use to distinguish "," in macro?

    Last question. How do I include a "," in a string using a macro?


    have a nice day!
    Last edited by Seokhyun Jeong; 04-10-2019 at 05:05 AM.

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    You can do this.
    puts(STR((12, 23, 34)));

    But you end up with ( ) in the output as well.
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    Thank you for answer. To represent it as a string, I need to create one string.
    puts(STR("12, 23, 34")); ---> I also confirmed this.

    Thank you for answer.

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    There was an answer from the publisher yesterday.


    Please modify it as follows.
    It seems to be the code that was in the past compiler.

    STR (12, 33, 44) ---> STR (12 33 44)

    Thank you for informing us.



    So I decided to understand.

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