Have you used #define in C/C++ code like the code below?
#include <stdio.h>
#define MAX(a , b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
int main()
{
printf("%d\n" , MAX(2 + 3 , 4));
return 0;
}
Run the code and get an output: 5, right?
You may think it is equal to this code:
#include <stdio.h>
int max(a , b) { return ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b)); }
int main()
{
printf("%d\n" , max(2 + 3 , 4));
return 0;
}
But they aren't.Though they do produce the same anwser , they work in two different ways.
The first code, just replace the MAX(2 + 3 , 4) with ((2 + 3) > (4) ? (2 + 3) : 4), which calculates (2 + 3) twice.
While the second calculates (2 + 3) first, and send the value (5 , 4) to function max(a , b) , which calculates (2 + 3) only once.
What about MAX( MAX(1+2,2) , 3 ) ?
Remember "replace".
First replace: MAX( (1 + 2) > 2 ? (1 + 2) : 2 , 3)
Second replace: ( ( ( 1 + 2 ) > 2 ? ( 1 + 2 ) : 2 ) > 3 ? ( ( 1 + 2 ) > 2 ? ( 1 + 2 ) : 2 ) : 3).
The code may calculate the same expression many times like ( 1 + 2 ) above.
So #define isn't good.In this problem,I'll give you some strings, tell me the result and how many additions(加法) are computed.