How to generate targets in a Makefile by iterating over a list?

Question

CODE:

LIST=0 1 2 3 4 5
PREFIX=rambo

# some looping logic to interate over LIST

EXPECTED RESULT:

rambo0:
    sh rambo_script0.s         


        

Answer 1

Just my 2 cents to @Idelic answer, if you need to use some Make $cmd you must escape them using $$ e.g.

LIST = 0 1 2 3 4 5
define make-rambo-target
$(info create target: $(addprefix rambo_script, $(addsuffix .sh, $1)).)
rambo$1: $$(addprefix rambo_script, $$(addsuffix .sh, $1))
    sh $$<
endef

all: $(addprefix rambo, $(LIST))

$(foreach element, $(LIST), $(eval $(call make-rambo-target,$(element))))

output:

$ make
create target: rambo_script0.sh.
create target: rambo_script1.sh.
create target: rambo_script2.sh.
create target: rambo_script3.sh.
create target: rambo_script4.sh.
create target: rambo_script5.sh.
sh rambo_script0.sh
sh rambo_script1.sh
sh rambo_script2.sh
sh rambo_script3.sh
sh rambo_script4.sh
sh rambo_script5.sh

note: here rules "are seen" by Make as

rambo0: $(addprefix rambo_script, $(addsuffix .sh, 0))
    sh $<

But here we could have written without escaping i.e.

rambo$1: $(addprefix rambo_script, $(addsuffix .sh, $1))
    sh $$<

So rule "are seen" as:

rambo0 : rambo_script0.sh
    sh $<

when Make parse it.