# and ## Operators in C ?

In this section we will see what are the Stringize operator(#) and Token Pasting operator(##) in C. The Stringize operator is a preprocessor operator. It sends commands to compiler to convert a token into string. We use this operator at the macro definition.

Using stringize operator we can convert some text into string without using any quotes.

Example

 Live Demo

#include<stdio.h>
#define STR_PRINT(x) #x
main() {
   printf(STR_PRINT(This is a string without double quotes));
}

Output

This is a string without double quotes

The Token Pasting operator is a preprocessor operator. It sends commands to compiler to add or concatenate two tokens into one string. We use this operator at the macro definition.

Example

 Live Demo

#include<stdio.h>
#define STR_CONCAT(x, y) x##y
main() {
   printf("%d", STR_CONCAT(20, 50));
}

Output

2050

Arnab Chakraborty

Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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