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idle
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by idle » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:01 am
I'm trying to get a macro to generate a string but I can't it to work.
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Structure sfoo
a.i
b.d
EndStructure
Define foo.sfoo
Define out.s
Macro set(var,field,val)
var\field = val
out = Chr(34) + field + Chr(34)
EndMacro
set(foo,a,123)
Debug out ;I want to get "a" not "0"
Debug foo\a
juergenkulow
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Posts: 558 Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:18 am
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by juergenkulow » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:55 am
preprocessor.pb:
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Structure sfoo
a.i
b.d
EndStructure
Define foo.sfoo
Define out.s
Macro set(var,field,val)
var\field = val
out = Chr(34) + field + Chr(34)
EndMacro
foo\a = 123
out = Chr(34) + a + Chr(34)
Debug out
Debug foo\a
Try:
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Structure sfoo
a.i
b.d
EndStructure
Define foo.sfoo
Define out.s
Macro DoubleQuote
"
EndMacro
Macro set(var,field,val)
var\field = val
out = Chr(34) + DoubleQuote#field#DoubleQuote + Chr(34)
EndMacro
set(foo,a,123)
Debug out
Debug foo\a
; "a"
; 123
idle
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by idle » Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:39 am
fantastic thanks.