Why won't this compile and how can it be implemented so that it does?

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Published on 2010-04-21T23:43:04Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 23:53 UTC
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Here is some C++ code I'm playing around with:

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

#define IN ,
#define FOREACH(x,y) for(unsigned int i=0;i<y.size();i++) { x=y[i];
#define ENDFOREACH }

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    vector<int> ints;
    ints.push_back(3);
    ints.push_back(4);
    ints.push_back(5);
    ints.push_back(6);

    FOREACH(int item IN ints)
        cout << item;
    ENDFOREACH

    return 0;
}

However, I get an error:

macro "FOREACH" requires 2 arguments, but only 1 given

The code compiles if I change the IN to a comma. How can I get the IN to take the place of a comma?

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