-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to sundeep singh on 1/23/2007 11:38 PM: > Hi, > I have a file in which I want to conditionally include text, something like > #ifdef DEBUG > print" abc...."; > do something; > #else > print" 123...."; > do something else; > #endif > How do I achieve this functionality with m4?
The ifelse and ifdef builtins: ifdef(`DEBUG', ` print" abc...."; do something;', ` print" 123...."; do something else;') See also http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/manual/html_node/Conditionals.html#Conditionals, (also available as 'info m4 conditionals' if you installed the documentation properly), and let us know if there is anything we can do to improve the manual. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFt1n384KuGfSFAYARAnB9AKDS1Czn/lyvPIVUmD2BGP39e/UzWwCaA6Ly jsFssKp2cKNQUVTSRZMjAOM= =aYQ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ M4-discuss mailing list M4-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/m4-discuss
