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3	<title>BOOST_PP_IDENTITY_N</title>
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8	    The <b>BOOST_PP_IDENTITY_N</b> macro expands to its first argument when invoked.
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10	<h4>Usage</h4>
11		<div class="code">
12			<b>BOOST_PP_IDENTITY_N</b>(<i>item,n</i>)(n-arguments)
13		</div>
14	<h4>Arguments</h4>
15		<dl>
16			<dt>item</dt>
17			<dd>
18				The result of the expansion.
19			</dd>
20			<dt>n</dt>
21			<dd>
22				The number of arguments when invoked.
23			</dd>
24		</dl>
25	<h4>Remarks</h4>
26		<div>
27			This macro is designed to be used with <b>BOOST_PP_IF</b> and <b>BOOST_PP_IIF</b> when only one of the clauses needs to be invoked.
28		</div>
29	<h4>See Also</h4>
30		<ul>
31			<li><a href="if.html">BOOST_PP_IF</a></li>
32			<li><a href="iif.html">BOOST_PP_IIF</a></li>
33		</ul>
34	<h4>Requirements</h4>
35		<div>
36			<b>Header:</b> &nbsp;<a href="../headers/facilities/identity.html">&lt;boost/preprocessor/facilities/identity.hpp&gt;</a>
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38	<h4>Sample Code</h4>
39<div><pre>
40#include &lt;<a href="../headers/control/if.html">boost/preprocessor/control/if.hpp</a>&gt;
41#include &lt;<a href="../headers/facilities/identity.html">boost/preprocessor/facilities/identity.hpp</a>&gt;
42
43#define MACRO_CAT(y,z) y ## z
44#define MACRO(n) <a href="if.html">BOOST_PP_IF</a>(n, <a href="identity_n.html">BOOST_PP_IDENTITY_N</a>(x,2), MACRO_CAT)(a,b)
45
46MACRO(0) // expands to ab
47MACRO(1) // expands to x
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50    <div style="margin-left: 0px"><i>&copy; Copyright Edward Diener 2015</i></div>
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52		<p><small>Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
53		accompanying file <a href="../../../../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or
54		copy at <a href=
55		"http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</small></p>
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