Preprocessor

Preprocessor is a special subsystem of the MQL4 compiler that is intended for preparation of the program source code immediately before the program is compiled.

Preprocessor allows enhancement of the source code readability. The code can be structured by including of specific files containing source codes of mql4-programs. The possibility to assign mnemonic names to specific constants contributes to enhancement of the code readability.

Preprocessor also allows determining specific parameters of mql4-programs:

• Declare constants
• Set program properties
• Include files in program text
• Import functions
• Conditional compilation

If the # symbol is used as the first character in a line of the program, this line is considered as a preprocessor directive. A preprocessor directive ends with a line feed character.