Dear all, Apologies for my so late response, when Nick's one came in so promptly and has been so useful. Nick Bowler (2023/10/04 16:29 -0400): > Hi, > > On 2023-10-04, Sébastien Hinderer <Sebastien.Hinderer@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I find myself stuck with something which I assume is trivial. I define: > > > > m4_define([X], [9]) > > m4_define([Y], [3]) > > > > And I would like to define Z as being the arithmetic sum of X and Y and > > can seem to get it. > > > > I tried several variations of eval but had no success. I understand > > that all the macros need to be expanded before eval is called but I > > don't understand how to do it. > > The short answer for your specific example is to simply not quote the > arguments: > > m4_define([Z], m4_eval(X + Y)) Aht alone was useful. It made me realise that I was using eval, rather than m4_eval. I assume this is why it didn't work as expected. However, eval *is* documented in section 12.2 Evaluating integer expressions of the m4 info manual. Best wishes, Sébastien.
