On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:15:28 -0500, Mark Hammack wrote:
>I would like to be able to pass a string to the IBM C/C++ compiler to include
>in a program. I have tried every way I can think of to use the DEFINE()
>compiler option but can't make it work. This is what I would like to do:
>
>...
>// EXEC PGM=CCNDRVR,PARM=('...DEFINE(MYSTRING=TEST)')
>...
>
>In the program --
>
>...
>
>#pragma comment(copyright, "This program was compiled on " __DATE__ " with the
>" MYSTRING " option");
>
>...
>
>The compiler gets an error that it expected ")" but found "TEST" (it likes
>__DATE__ just fine). I have tried DEFINE(MYSTRING='"TEST"') (with the set of
>quotes), using another macro:
>
>#define test_string(option) #option
>
>but test_string(MYSTRING) generates "MYSTRING" not "TEST".
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
#define test_string(option) #option
#define redo_string(option) test_string(option)
for DEFINE(MYSTRING=TEST)
redo_string(MYSTRING) will generate "TEST"
Bill
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