CPreprocessorIfdef[cond]
is a symbolic representation of a preprocessor ifdef conditional.
CPreprocessorIfdef[cond,true,false]
represents the true and false cases.
CPreprocessorIfdef
CPreprocessorIfdef[cond]
is a symbolic representation of a preprocessor ifdef conditional.
CPreprocessorIfdef[cond,true,false]
represents the true and false cases.
Details and Options
- SymbolicC expressions are inert; they evaluate to themselves, staying in an unevaluated form.
- SymbolicC expressions can be converted into a C string with ToCCodeString.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
To use SymbolicC you first need to load the package:
Needs["SymbolicC`"]This creates a preprocessor ifdef conditional directive:
CPreprocessorIfdef["DEBUG"]//ToCCodeStringThis creates an entire ifdef/else/endif set of statements:
CPreprocessorIfdef["DEBUG", CAssign["a", "true"], CAssign["a", "false"]]//ToCCodeStringThis adds a comment to the ifdef directive:
CPreprocessorIfdef[{"DEBUG", CComment["debug code", " "]}, CAssign["a", "true"], CAssign["a", "false"]]//ToCCodeStringTech Notes
Related Guides
Text
Wolfram Research (2010), CPreprocessorIfdef, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CPreprocessorIfdef.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2010. "CPreprocessorIfdef." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CPreprocessorIfdef.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2010). CPreprocessorIfdef. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CPreprocessorIfdef.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_cpreprocessorifdef, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CPreprocessorIfdef}", year="2010", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CPreprocessorIfdef.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_cpreprocessorifdef, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CPreprocessorIfdef}, year={2010}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/SymbolicC/ref/CPreprocessorIfdef.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}