----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Bradley <lhbradley@IGS.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:44 PM
Subject: Macro question


> I can't figure out how to do this from reading the manual.
>
> I have a macro thus: (this is not real code, just to illustrate what I
want
> to do)
>
> fred  macro  x
>           anothermacro   x
> endm
>
>
> Now, what I want to do is have the "othermacro" be passed the parameter
> "_x", not just x.
>
> In other words, rather than writing
>
>     fred   _x
>
>
> I want to write
>
>     fred  x
>
> and have the macro expand to
>
>     anothermacro  _x
>
> I can't seem to do it.
>
> Can you experts out there help me?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> Larry Bradley
> Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA
>

This depends on the assembler.

using XCASM you would write:

fred  .macro  x
          anothermacro   LABEL( "_" + STR(x) )
        .endm

I don't know how or even if you can do this in MPASM


Regards
Sergio Masci

http://www.xcprod.com

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