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Asked: May 23, 20262026-05-23T16:48:34+00:00 2026-05-23T16:48:34+00:00

Possible Duplicates: Macro expansion in C++ What is the purpose of the ## operator

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What is the purpose of the ## operator in C++, and what is it called?

What does “##” symbol mean in C++? I came across with it while I was reading someone’s source code. More specifically, what does this statement mean:

if ( v > ## = 0.1 * threshold )
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    2026-05-23T16:48:35+00:00Added an answer on May 23, 2026 at 4:48 pm

    In a #define macro, ## is a preprocessor token, which says to paste the surrounding two things together. So assuming you saw this within a #define, it is a very strange way of writing

    if ( v >= 0.1 * threshold )
    

    If you already subsituted either the > or =, it’s not quite so strange. Just a somewhat strange trick.

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