Chapter 16

1: Here are groups of one or more macros followed by a source code line that uses them. What code results in each case? Is it valid code? (Assume C variables have been declared.)
  1. #define FPM  5280     /* feet per mile */
dist = FPM * miles;

  2. #define FEET 4
#define POD FEET + FEET
plort = FEET * POD;

  3. #define SIX = 6;
nex = SIX;

  4. #define NEW(X) X + 5
y = NEW(y);
berg = NEW(berg) * lob;
est = NEW(berg) / NEW(y);
nilp = lob * NEW(-berg);
A1:

  1. dist = 5280 * miles; is valid.

  2. plort = 4 * 4 + 4; is valid. But if the user really wanted 4 * (4 + 4), he or she should have used #define POD (FEET + FEET).

  3. nex = = 6;; is valid, but not meaningful. Apparently, the user forgot that he or she was writing for the preprocessor, not writing in C.

  4. y = y + 5; ...

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