The #line Directive

The #line directive tells the preprocessor to change the compiler's internally stored line number and filename to a given line number and filename. The compiler uses the line number and filename to refer to errors that it finds during compilation. The line number usually refers to the current input line, and the filename refers to the current input file. The line number is incremented after each line is processed.

#line digit-sequence "filename"opt

The digit-sequence value can be any integer constant. Macro replacement can be performed on the preprocessing tokens, but the result must evaluate to the correct syntax. The filename can be any combination of characters and must be enclosed in double quotation marks (" "). If filename is omitted, the previous filename remains unchanged.

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