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Stringify the the value of a macro and turn that into an NSString constant
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gistfile1.m
#define DERP 1234
#define MACRO_NAME(str) @ #str
#define STRINGIFY(str) MACRO_NAME(str)
NSLog(@"%@",MACRO_NAME(DERP));
NSLog(@"%@",STRINGIFY(DERP));
// Output:
// DERP
// 1234 // This is the result we want
// ref: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Stringification.html
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