C++ macro: The ## operator

C++ macro: The ## operator

• [1. The `##` operator](##` operator)
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1. The ## operator

The ## (double number sign) operator concatenates two tokens in a macro invocation (text and/or arguments) given in a macro definition.

The last token of the argument for x is concatenated with the first token of the argument for y.
x 的自变量的最后一个标记与 y 的自变量的第一个标记合并。

#define XY(x,y) x##y

Use the ## operator according to the following rules:

1. The ## operator cannot be the very first or very last item in the replacement list of a macro definition.
   ## 运算符不能是宏定义的替换列表中的第一个或最后一个项。

2. The last token of the item in front of the ## operator is concatenated with first token of the item following the ## operator.
   ## 运算符前面的项的最后一个标记与 ## 运算符后面的项的第一个标记合并。

3. Concatenation takes place before any macros in arguments are expanded.

   在展开自变量中的任何宏之前进行合并。

4. If the result of a concatenation is a valid macro name, it is available for further replacement even if it appears in a context in which it would not normally be available.

   如果合并的结果是有效的宏名称，那么即使它出现在通常不可用的上下文中，也可以进行进一步替换。

5. If more than one ## operator and/or # operator appears in the replacement list of a macro definition, the order of evaluation of the operators is not defined.

   #define ArgArg(x, y) x##y
   #define ArgText(x) x##TEXT
   #define TextArg(x) TEXT##x
   #define TextText TEXT##text
   #define CHENG 1
   #define YONGQIANG 2

   ArgArg(123, 456)
   ArgArg(yong, qiang)
   ArgText(name)
   TextArg(book)
   TextText
   ArgArg(YONG, QIANG)

Result of macro expansion:

123456
yongqiang
nameTEXT
TEXTbook
TEXTtext
2

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References

1\] Yongqiang Cheng, \[2\] The `##` operator, \[3\] 3 Macros,