Experimenting, I see that:

#define EXAMPLE(ARG_1) #
prints {{ Here I expect to see the value of ARG_1 but instead I get the
following: }}
prints "$ARG_1"
prints {{%n%n}}

works as you'd hope. (All I did was change the one line to normal quotes.)
However 'prints "$"' throws an error!

Sounds a bit like a bug to me...

	-- Pete --


On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 01:35:24PM -0500, Joseph Hughes wrote:
> Does anyone here know the rules about using orchestra macros within multi
> line strings ({{...}} )? I'm not getting the output I would expect. Here's
> an example:
> 
> #define EXAMPLE(ARG_1) #
> prints {{ Here I expect to see the value of ARG_1 but instead I get the
> following: }}
> prints {{$ARG_1}}
> prints {{%n%n}}
> 
> prints {{ A dollar sign in a string block returns the name of the parent
> macro: }}
> prints {{$}}
> prints {{%n%n}}
> #
> 
> $EXAMPLE(test)
> 
> 
> The output for the above is:
> 
> >  Here I expect to see the value of ARG_1 but instead I get the following:
> >  $`EXAMPLE``ARG_1
> >
> >  A dollar sign in a string block returns the name of the parent macro:
> > $`EXAMPLE``
> >
> 
> Are there rules around multiline strings and macros that I'm unaware of?
> Thanks for your time, everyone.
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