From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxd!stevens Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: if statement ambiguity Article-I.D.: inuxd.161 Posted: Thu Sep 23 13:09:42 1982 Received: Mon Sep 27 20:37:53 1982 The trick I use is to define the macro like this: #define mymacro if (e1) s1; else -or- #define mymacro if (e1) {s1;} else Then both mymacro; -and- if (whatever) mymacro; else stmt; work like you would expect. This also works for things like: #define TRACE(stmt) if (tracing) {stmt;} else so you can do TRACE(printf("Got to this point.\n")); --Scott Stevens inuxd!stevens