Expand macro inside string literal

by 
#define STRINGIFY2(X) #X
#define STRINGIFY(X) STRINGIFY2(X)
#define A 2

Then STRINGIFY(A) will give you "2". You can concatenate it with other string literals by putting them side by side.

"I have the number " STRINGIFY(A) "." gives you "I have the number 2.".

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