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From: Mike Horvath
Date: 21 Sep 2018 03:30:03
Message: <5ba49dfb$1@news.povray.org>

On 9/21/2018 12:51 AM, dick balaska wrote:
> On 09/20/2018 02:56 PM, Kenneth wrote:
> 
>>
>> This would be the (longer) way that I would write such a macro (just for
>> visual/mental clarity):
>>
>> #macro FormatKeyword(Format)
>> #if (Format = "png")
>> png
>> #else
>>       #if(Format = "jpeg")
>>       jpeg
>>       #else
>>            #if(Format = "bmp")
>>            bmp
>>            #else
>>            #end
>>       #end
>> #end
>> #end // of macro
>>
> 
> 
> I would write:
> 
> #macro FormatKeyword(Format)
>      #if (Format = "png") png #end
>      #if (Format = "jpeg") jpeg #end
>      #if (Format = "bmp") bmp #end
> #end
> 

You could use SWITCH and CASE as well.


Mike

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