Pre-Processor Question

[rbuck]

I have just started using the CCS compiler. I am using PCWH 4.032 along with MPLAB 7.50. I can't seem to find a statement similar to EQU that would be used if programming in assembly.

I want to use something like Bank1 equ 0xFE. Then when the code is compiled it would substitute 0xFE everywhere it saw Bank1. I can't use #define because it only accepts strings.

If I use something like int Bank1 = 0xFE; that assigns the variable Bank1 to a RAM location. The code will run using this type of statement, but the CCS book says the code will run significantly slower using variable assignments. I want the Pre-Processor to handle the assignment without having to use any RAM or ROM. It is also kind of strange that #define can only accept a string as an argument.

Any help would be appreciated. I'm sure there is a way to do what I am trying to accomplish but I can't find it.

[PCM programmer]

[rbuck]

I had an error somewhere in my code. When I tried to compile the code, I kept getting an error message "numerical argument expected". What I was doing was this:
#define Bank1 0xFE
Then later in the code I had this statement:
output_c(Bank1); This is the line the error message was referring to.

I finally deleted it and started over. Now the #define 0xFE works and when I look at the .sym file, no RAM or ROM is being used for the #define. I never did find what was causing the compiler error message. Something dumb on my part.

Thanks for the help, and I will look at the other 2 references you mentioned.