#define

Description

#define can be used in place of some common variables, but variables are a lot more flexible (eg. they can be changed within the macro) and are preferred. One good use of #define would be to enable or disable debugging information within a macro.

Use

• #define replaceme replacement

Replaces all occurrences of replaceme with replacement throughout the macro. Example:

#define Me charactername

When the macro executes, all occurrences of "Me" will be replaced by "charactername". You can't use variables with

define (since they execute before Sub Main).

Example

#define DEBUG /echo
Sub Main
  /declare spell string local Complete Healing
  DEBUG I am casting ${spell}
  /call Cast "${spell}" gem1
/return

In this situation, DEBUG would be replaced by /echo before the macro started, thereby giving you some information on which spell you were casting.

Changing the #define line to this:

#define DEBUG /squelch /echo

Would effectively disable the debugging, since there would be no output to the screen.

Also useful for color coding your echoes. For example:

#define DEBUG "/echo \aw[\arDEBUG\aw]\ax"
Sub Main
  /declare spell string local Complete Healing
  DEBUG I am casting ${spell}
  /call Cast "${spell}" gem1
/return

Would allow your debug message to show up with a color coded prefix denoting that this message is from the debug side, and not a standard echo. In this case echoing out:

[DEBUG] I am casting Yaulp

Where the brackets are white, the word debug is red, and the text is your default color.