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The <b>BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE</b> macro stringizes its argument after it has been expanded.
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<h4>Usage</h4>
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<b>BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE</b>(<i>text</i>)
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<h4>Arguments</h4>
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The text to be converted to a string literal.
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<h4>Remarks</h4>
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The preprocessor stringizing operator (<b>#</b>) prevents arguments from expanding.&nbsp;
This macro allows its argument to expand before it is stringized.
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<h4>Requirements</h4>
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<b>Header:</b> &nbsp;<a href="../headers/stringize.html">&lt;boost/preprocessor/stringize.hpp&gt;</a>
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<h4>Sample Code</h4>
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#include &lt;<a href="../headers/cat.html">boost/preprocessor/cat.hpp</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="../headers/stringize.html">boost/preprocessor/stringize.hpp</a>&gt;
<a href="stringize.html">BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE</a>(<a href="cat.html">BOOST_PP_CAT</a>(a, b)) // expands to "ab"
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</br><i>© Copyright Paul Mensonides 2002</i>
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