Hi,
Simple question but why would someone use #define.
Whats the difference between;
#define sum 1 and const int sum = 1;
both can't be changed and anywhere you sum its going to be 1!.
Many thanks
Alex
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Jump to PostThe first is a preprocessor directive, before the compiler compiles your code, it will go through and replace sum with 1. The second declares a variable in memory to hold that quantity. I'm sure it can be argued as to which is best, but the "const int" is probably more …
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The first is a preprocessor directive, before the compiler compiles your code, it will go through and replace sum with 1. The second declares a variable in memory to hold that quantity. I'm sure it can be argued as to which is best, but the "const int" is probably more common in C++ (when it comes to numeric constants).
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thats great, thanks
Alex
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