The final type of macro that we are going to look at is one that allows you to create custom NDL patterns. These are called **NDL macros** and work like this: ## Syntax A NDL macro can be created in Nessa using this syntax: ``` syntax ndl macro_name from NDL_Pattern { [...] } ``` This macro would have to create a string that can be parsed as an NDL pattern. This syntax can then be used safely inside any implicit class syntax or macro. This would be an example that transforms a pattern into a series of that pattern separated by commas (again, note that we need to escape the closing brace): ``` syntax ndl comma_separated from "#" s Arg(, inner) s "#" { $inner { ", " $inner \} } // Usage example class Ints { // This pattern es equivalent to "[" Arg(1{d}, ints) {", " Arg(1{d}, ints)} "]" syntax from "[" # Arg(1{d}, ints) # "]"; ints: Array; } let a: Ints = [1, 2, 3]; ```