Hi, I am trying to use the preprocessor library to simplify the code I have. The problem: I have many lines of the following assignments: mybfclass x_0_mybf; mybfclass x_1_mybf; ... mybfclass1 x_0_mybf1; mybfclass1 x_1_mybf1; ... mybfclass2 x_0_mybf2; mybfclass2 x_1_mybf2; then I defined several vectors: vector<mybfclass*> x_mybf; vector<mybfclass1*> x_mybf1; vector<mybfclass2*> x_mybf2; * use the boost preprocessor library, I write the following code: #define* DECLX_mybf(z, n, text) BOOST_PP_CAT(text, BOOST_PP_CAT(_, mybf)).push_back(&BOOST_PP_CAT(text, BOOST_PP_CAT(BOOST_PP_CAT(_, n), BOOST_PP_CAT(_, mybf)))); *#define* DECLX_mybf1(z, n, text) BOOST_PP_CAT(text, BOOST_PP_CAT(_, mybf)).push_back(&BOOST_PP_CAT(text, BOOST_PP_CAT(BOOST_PP_CAT(_, n), BOOST_PP_CAT(_, mybf)))); *#define* DECLX_mybf2(z, n, text) BOOST_PP_CAT(text, BOOST_PP_CAT(_, mybf)).push_back(&BOOST_PP_CAT(text, BOOST_PP_CAT(BOOST_PP_CAT(_, n), BOOST_PP_CAT(_, mybf)))); BOOST_PP_REPEAT_FROM_TO(0, 2, DECLX_mybf, x); *// generated: x_mybf.push_back(&x_0_mybf); x_mybf.push_back(&x_1_mybf); * BOOST_PP_REPEAT_FROM_TO(0, 2, DECLX_mybf1, x); *// generated: x_mybf1.push_back(&x_0_mybf1); x_mybf1.push_back(&x_1_mybf); * BOOST_PP_REPEAT_FROM_TO(0, 2, DECLX_mybf2, x); *// generated: x_mybf2.push_back(&x_0_mybf2); x_mybf2.push_back(&x_1_mybf); * but I think it is too much coding here, since I have to write a macro for each mybf occurrence, DECLX_mybf I have difficulty to use the BOOST_PP_REPEAT_FROM_TO for two argument, since the macro(z, x, data) can only accept one argument data, however, I need to pass two arguments x and mybf to the macro, in order to generate a mybfclass1 x_0_mybf. does anyone know how to apply macro to generate the above structure? thanks. /Kenny * *