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I've seen a number of listings which include some pre-proccessor stuff that I don't see the need for. Here's an example. The file is a header file ADD.H. Here is the whole file:
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#ifndef ADD_H
#define ADD_H

(Some function prototype which is just what you'd expect in a header file ;)

#endif

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What do the first two and last lines accomplish?

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It prevents multiple inclusion of the header. That is, on a second attempt to #include "add.h", ADD_H would already be defined and thus the entire #ifndef block would be skipped.

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