So I'm thinking about creating a preprocessor for AutoIt and was wondering on whether you had any ideas? Thanks. Quick idea: #include <Array.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>
#define MSGOK = 4096
#define MATCHSTRING = "This is some simple string" & @CRLF
#define PI = 3.14159
Local $sScriptFileData = 'MsgBox(#MSGOK, "", "")' & @CRLF & @CRLF & 'StringInStr("Some string example",#MATCHSTRING, "#PI") ; #PI shouldn''t be expanded in strings.'
Local Const $aMacros = PreProcessorMacros(@ScriptFullPath)
;~ _ArrayDisplay($aMacros)
For $i = 1 To $aMacros[0][0]
$sScriptFileData = StringRegExpReplace($sScriptFileData, '#\b' & $aMacros[$i][0] & '\b', $aMacros[$i][1])
Next
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, '', $sScriptFileData)
Func PreProcessorMacros($sFilePath)
Local $aMacros = StringRegExp('#define macrocount = 0' & @CRLF & FileRead($sFilePath), '(?im:^#define\h+)(\w+)(?:\h+=\h+)([^\r\n]+)', 3)
$aMacros[0] = UBound($aMacros) - 1
Local $aReturn[($aMacros[0] / 2) + 1][2] = [[0]]
For $i = 2 To $aMacros[0] Step 2
$aReturn[0][0] += 1
$aReturn[$aReturn[0][0]][0] = $aMacros[$i]
$aReturn[$aReturn[0][0]][1] = $aMacros[$i + 1]
Next
Return SetError($aReturn[0][0] = 0, 0, $aReturn)
EndFunc ;==>PreProcessorMacros