Re: Expanding a macro within a string?

[tuna]

That shall cause the expanded text (the empty string)
to be reread.

On Thu Sep  3  7:50 , 'R.K. Owen' address@hidden> sent:

>You just need to break XXX from the surrounding text by putting
>delimiters between the macro and the rest of the string with:
>     some`'XXX`'thing      -> someZZZthing
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>On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Paul address@hidden> wrote:
>> Sorry, this seems like it must be covered in the docs, but I spent a few
>> hours off & on searching, without luck.
>>
>> I want to do something like:
>>
>> define(XXX,ZZZ)
>>
>> then expand XXX within a string:
>>
>> someXXXstring => someZZZstring
>>
>> Obviously, XXX would require some kind of delimiter:
>>
>> some[XXX]string => someZZZstring.
>>
>> I managed to do half of what I want;
>>
>> defn(`XXX')string => ZZZstring
>>
>> Is there any way to get the full monty?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Paul
>>
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