#undef Directive

Preprocessor directive that removes the current definition of a constant or macro that was previously defined using the #define directive.

#undef identifier

Parameters

Item	Description
identifier	Identifier of the constant or macro to remove the definition of. If you are undefining a macro, provide only the identifier, not the parameter list.

Remarks

You can apply the #undef directive to an identifier that has no previous definition; this ensures that the identifier is undefined. Macro replacement is not performed within #undef statements.

The #undef directive is typically paired with a #define directive to create a region in a source program in which an identifier has a special meaning. For example, a specific function of the source program can use manifest constants to define environment-specific values that do not affect the rest of the program. The #undef directive also works with the [) directive to control conditional compilation of the source program.

Constants and macros can be undefined from the command line using the /U option, followed by the identifiers to be undefined. This is equivalent to adding a sequence of #undef directives at the beginning of the source file.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the #undef directive to remove definitions of a symbolic constant and a macro.

#define WIDTH           80
#define ADD( X, Y )     (X) + (Y)

#undef WIDTH
#undef ADD

See also

Preprocessor Directives (DirectX HLSL)

#define Directive (DirectX HLSL)

#if, )