C++ Tutorial 24: Stringizing and Concatenation @WhatsACreel

Uploaded June 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

This tute we'll look at the stringizing operator and concatenation with #define. Stringizing is mostly useful for debugging, when you need to know a variable's name in your code.

Stringizing gives us a macro parameter name as a null terminated character string. Concatenation lets us join together two macro parameters without spaces.

Also, the second coding example at the end is an absolutely hopeless blunder. Not only do I confidently show a rubbish way to check if two variables are the same type, but I do so with a dashing and condescending daring. My solution is utterly irrelevant to the topic of the tute. Ignore it completely :)

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