Question

Which of the following statement is not true about preprocessor directives?

(a) These are lines read and processed by the preprocessor

(b) They do not produce any code by themselves

(c) These must be written on their own line

(d) They end with a semicolon

This question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Constants topic in chapter Types, Pointers, Arrays & Structures in C++ of C++

Answer 1

Right option is (d) They end with a semicolon

The explanation is: No terminating character required for preprocessor directives statements.