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286efd2012-03-24Henrik Grubbström (Grubba)  <hr /> <dl class='group--doc'> <dt class='head--type'><span class='homogen--type'>Directive</span> <span class='homogen--name'><b>#define</b></span> </dt> <dd><p><code class='directive'>#define</code></p></dd> <dt class='head--doc'>Description</dt> <dd class='body--doc'><p>This directive is used to define or redefine a cpp macro.</p> <p> The simplest way to use define is to write</p>
867f912014-11-13Henrik Grubbström (Grubba) <pre><code>#define &lt;identifier&gt; &lt;replacement string&gt;</code></pre><p>which will cause all subsequent occurances of <tt><b><i>&lt;identifier</i></b></tt>
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867f912014-11-13Henrik Grubbström (Grubba) <pre><code>#define &lt;identifier&gt;(arg1, arg2) &lt;replacement string&gt;</code></pre><p>would cause <tt><b><i>&lt;identifer&gt;</i></b></tt> to be a macro. All occurances of
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