Re: Expanding a macro within a string?

[R.K. Owen]

You just need to break XXX from the surrounding text by putting
delimiters between the macro and the rest of the string with:
     some`'XXX`'thing      -> someZZZthing

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Paul Kirkaas<address@hidden> wrote:
> Sorry, this seems like it must be covered in the docs, but I spent a few
> hours off & on searching, without luck.
>
> I want to do something like:
>
> define(XXX,ZZZ)
>
> then expand XXX within a string:
>
> someXXXstring => someZZZstring
>
> Obviously, XXX would require some kind of delimiter:
>
> some[XXX]string => someZZZstring.
>
> I managed to do half of what I want;
>
> defn(`XXX')string => ZZZstring
>
> Is there any way to get the full monty?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
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