Am 09.05.2013 15:00, schrieb kurtz le pirate:

> I declare a variables :
>    #declare objectName = "TheBrick";
>
>
> My macro write this name in the inc file with this code :
>
>     #write(OUTFILE,"#declare ",objectName," = mesh {\n")
>
> which generates :
>
> #declare TheBrick = mesh {
>    triangle {<-4.25,2.25,-3.25>,<-3.57,2.33,-3.33>,<-4.33,2.33,-2.57>}
>    triangle {<-4.33,2.33,-2.57>,<-3.57,2.33,-3.33>,<-3.57,2.52,-2.57>}
>    triangle {<-3.57,2.33,-3.33>,<-3.15,2.33,-3.33>,<-3.57,2.52,-2.57>}
>    ...
>    ...
>    }
>
>
> Now, in the main script if i write :
>
> #include fileName
> object {
>    objectName
>    pigment { color White }
>    finish { ambient 0 }
>    }
>
>
> I get this parse error :
>
>    Expected 'object', string identifier found instead.
>
> Seems consistent, but then how can I use this variable to draw object ?

Try the "Parse_Strings" macro:

   #include "strings.inc"
   ...
   object {
     Parse_String(objectName)
     ...
   }

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