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#xcommand | #xtranslate

User defined command or translation rule for the preprocessor.

Syntax

#xcommand    <searchPattern>  =>  <resultPattern>
#xtranslate  <searchPattern>  =>  <resultPattern>

Arguments

<searchPattern>: This is the definition of a pattern to search for in the PRG source code. The => characters are part of the preprocessor directive and must be used as separator between <searchPattern> and <resultPattern>.
<resultPattern>: This is the definition of a pattern to replace <searchPattern> with in the PRG source code.

Description

The #xcommand and #xtranslate directives work exactly like #command and #translate with the exception, that they match all characters of keywords. #command and #translate match keywords only up to the first four characters.

Info

Example

//   See the example for #command | #translate

See also:	#command \| #translate, #xuncommand \| #xuntranslate
Category:	Preprocessor directives