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5.1 Testing if a macro is defined
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There are two different builtin conditionals in `m4'. The first is
`ifdef':
-- Builtin: ifdef (NAME, STRING-1, [STRING-2])
If NAME is defined as a macro, `ifdef' expands to STRING-1,
otherwise to STRING-2. If STRING-2 is omitted, it is taken to be
the empty string (according to the normal rules).
The macro `ifdef' is recognized only with parameters.
ifdef(`foo', ``foo' is defined', ``foo' is not defined')
=>foo is not defined
define(`foo', `')
=>
ifdef(`foo', ``foo' is defined', ``foo' is not defined')
=>foo is defined
ifdef(`no_such_macro', `yes', `no', `extra argument')
error-->m4:stdin:4: Warning: excess arguments to builtin `ifdef' ignored
=>no
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