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Defining Constants with #define
The #define directive creates a symbolic constant. The preprocessor replaces every occurrence of the name with the value before compilation, making the code easier to maintain.
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#define MAX_SCORE 100#define VERSION 1int currentScore = 85;
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#define MAX_SCORE 100
Tells the preprocessor to replace MAX_SCORE with 100 throughout the code.