__FB_QUOTE__keyword

Intrinsic define (macro) performed by the compiler.

Syntax

__FB_QUOTE__( arg )

Parameters

Name		Description
`arg`		argument

Description

Converts the argument to a string, similar to stringize operator (#) but can be used anywhere (will expand the argument before conversion).
More precisely, __FB_QUOTE__ returns an over-quoted text (prefixed with the Operator $ (Non-Escaped String Literal)) compared to the one passed through the argument (the argument may already be a string, and so the return will be an over-quoted string in this case).

Remarks

Version

Since fbc 1.08.0

Differences from QB

New to FreeBASIC

Example

#macro m( arg )

    Scope

        Dim s1 As String = #arg

        Print s1

        Dim s2 As String = __FB_QUOTE__( arg )

        Print s2

    End Scope

#endmacro



m(Hello)

Print

m("Hello")



Sleep



/' Output:

Hello

Hello



"Hello"

"Hello"

'/

#macro m( arg1, arg2 )

    Scope

        'Dim s0 As String = #arg1##arg2  ' does not work because arg1##arg2 is not developped before applying #

        Dim s1 As String = #arg1###arg2  ' workaround because #arg => $"arg" and not only "arg"

                                         '    (otherwise the result would be "arg1""arg2" => "arg1"arg2")

        Print s1

        Dim s2 As String = __FB_QUOTE__( arg1##arg2 )

        Print s2

    End Scope

#endmacro



m(Free, BASIC)



Sleep



/' Output:

FreeBASIC

FreeBASIC

'/

Reference

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