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how do i make a macro saying that the platform is windows?

like this:

#ifdef WINDOWS //this is the one i am talkin about
    #include "windowsHeader.h"
#else
    #include "linuxHeader.h"
#endif
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Any decent compiler will allow you to define macros from the command line, so you can define your WINDOWS macro when compiling:

myawesomecompiler -DWINDOWS 1 mycode.cpp
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