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- // Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer POV-Ray 3.1 Sample Scene
- // by Chris Young
- // MACRO4.POV demonstrates basic use of a macro as a type
- // of procedure that "returns" a value via a parameter but
- // only when a lone identifier is passed. If a constant
- // or expression is passed, the value cannot be returned.
- #include "colors.inc"
-
- light_source { <100,1000,-1000>, White}
-
- camera { location <0,-1,-16> direction 2*z look_at <0,-1,0>}
-
- plane{-z,-10 pigment{checker Cyan,Yellow}}
-
- // Define the macro. Parameters are:
- // V: The value to be incremented. New value
- // is returned via this parameter so it must be
- // a lone identifier. It cannot be a constant or
- // an expression.
- #macro Inc(V)
- #local V=V+1;
- #end
-
- #declare Value=5;
-
- union{
- text{ttf "timrom.ttf" "#macro Inc(V)",0.1,0 translate 2*y}
- text{ttf "timrom.ttf" " #local V=V+1;",0.1,0 translate y}
- text{ttf "timrom.ttf" "#end",0.1,0 }
-
- text{ttf "timrom.ttf" concat("#declare Value=",str(Value,0,0),";"),0.1,0 translate -y}
-
- Inc(Value+0) // Expression won't work
-
- text{ttf "timrom.ttf" concat("Inc(Value+0)=",str(Value,0,0)),0.1,0 translate -2*y}
-
- Inc(+Value) // This too is an expression so it won't work
-
- text{ttf "timrom.ttf" concat("Inc(+Value)=",str(Value,0,0)),0.1,0 translate -3*y}
-
- Inc(Value) // Lone identifier works. It accepts return value.
-
- text{ttf "timrom.ttf" concat("Inc(Value)=",str(Value,0,0)),0.1,0 translate -4*y}
-
- pigment{Red}
- translate -3.75*x
- }
-