_Generic keyword in C is used to define MACRO for different data types. This new keyword was added to the C programming language in C11 standard release. the _Generic keyword is used to help the programmer use the MACRO in a more efficient way.
this keyword translate the MACRO based on the type of the variable. let's take an example ,
#define dec(x) _Generic((x), long double : decl, \ default : Inc , \ float: incf )(x)
The above syntax is how to declare any MACRO as generic for different methods.
Let's take an example code, this code will define a MACRO that will return values based on the data type −
Example
#include <stdio.h> #define typecheck(T) _Generic( (T), char: 1, int: 2, long: 3, float: 4, default: 0) int main(void) { printf( "passing a long value to the macro, result is %d \n", typecheck(2353463456356465)); printf( "passing a float value to the macro, result is %d \n", typecheck(4.32f)); printf( "passing a int value to the macro, result is %d \n", typecheck(324)); printf( "passing a string value to the macro, result is %d \n", typecheck("Hello")); return 0; }
Output
passing a long value to the macro, result is 3 passing a float value to the macro, result is 4 passing a int value to the macro, result is 2 passing a string value to the macro, result is 0