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Hello,

int main(){
int i=2,j=3;

printf("%d %d",i,j);

#define i j
#define j i

printf("%d %d",i,j);

}

What is the ouput in both the cases

Could anyone explain which tokens are considered while preprocessing.

Is the succesive preprocessor token replaced

thaanx in advance

Rgds,
Naren.

Naren wrote:

> Hello,
>
> int main(){
> int i=2,j=3;
>
> printf("%d %d",i,j);
>
> #define i j
> #define j i
>
> printf("%d %d",i,j);
>
> }
>
> What is the ouput in both the cases

[modulo some whitespace]

int main()
{
int i = 2, j = 3;
printf("%d %d", i, j);
printf("%d %d", i, j);
}





--
Martin Ambuhl

"Naren" <> writes:

> #define i j
> #define j i
>
> Could anyone explain which tokens are considered while preprocessing.

The preprocessor won't expand a macro name from within its own
expansion. So i expands to j, which expands to i, which ends the
chain of expansions. Similarly for j.

[snippage]
--
"Some programming practices beg for errors;
this one is like calling an 800 number
and having errors delivered to your door."
--Steve McConnell