stringize

== English == === Etymology === From string +‎ -ize. === Verb === stringize (third-person singular simple present stringizes, present participle stringizing, simple past and past participle stringized) (programming, transitive) To convert to, or treat as, a string of text characters. ==== Usage notes ==== In the C and C++ programming languages, describes the preprocessor operator #, which converts macro parameters to string literals without expanding the parameter definition. === See also === charizing stringify