Preprocessor directive doubt

[Murugesh_89]

Hi here,

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Code C - [expand]
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#include<stdio.h>
#define max 100
int main()
{
    printf("max is %d", max);  
    return 0;
}

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Why the max inside "" is not replaced.

 

[FvM]

Because string literals are excluded from preprocessor parsing action.