diff --git a/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp b/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
index c739048a6..37c20527e 100644
--- a/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
@@ -789,6 +789,7 @@ namespace Compiler
                     stringParser.setOptional (true);
 
                 if (*iter=='c') stringParser.smashCase();
+                if (*iter=='x') stringParser.discard();
                 scanner.scan (stringParser);
 
                 if ((optional || *iter=='x') && stringParser.isEmpty())
@@ -805,7 +806,8 @@ namespace Compiler
                         ++optionalCount;
                 }
                 else
-                    getErrorHandler().warning("Ignoring extra argument", mTokenLoc);
+                    getErrorHandler().warning ("Ignoring extra argument",
+                        stringParser.getTokenLoc());
             }
             else if (*iter=='X')
             {
diff --git a/components/compiler/stringparser.cpp b/components/compiler/stringparser.cpp
index f8798eccd..8041b0f02 100644
--- a/components/compiler/stringparser.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/stringparser.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 namespace Compiler
 {
     StringParser::StringParser (ErrorHandler& errorHandler, const Context& context, Literals& literals)
-    : Parser (errorHandler, context), mLiterals (literals), mState (StartState), mSmashCase (false)
+    : Parser (errorHandler, context), mLiterals (literals), mState (StartState), mSmashCase (false), mDiscard (false)
     {
 
     }
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ namespace Compiler
         if (mState==StartState || mState==CommaState)
         {
             start();
-            if (mSmashCase)
-                Generator::pushString (mCode, mLiterals, Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase (name));
-            else
-                Generator::pushString (mCode, mLiterals, name);
+            mTokenLoc = loc;
+
+            if (!mDiscard)
+            {
+                if (mSmashCase)
+                    Generator::pushString (mCode, mLiterals, Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase (name));
+                else
+                    Generator::pushString (mCode, mLiterals, name);
+            }
 
             return false;
         }
@@ -75,6 +80,8 @@ namespace Compiler
         mState = StartState;
         mCode.clear();
         mSmashCase = false;
+        mTokenLoc = TokenLoc();
+        mDiscard = false;
         Parser::reset();
     }
 
@@ -82,4 +89,14 @@ namespace Compiler
     {
         mSmashCase = true;
     }
+
+    const TokenLoc& StringParser::getTokenLoc() const
+    {
+        return mTokenLoc;
+    }
+
+    void StringParser::discard()
+    {
+        mDiscard = true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/compiler/stringparser.hpp b/components/compiler/stringparser.hpp
index 52469128f..72dab0580 100644
--- a/components/compiler/stringparser.hpp
+++ b/components/compiler/stringparser.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <components/interpreter/types.hpp>
 
 #include "parser.hpp"
+#include "tokenloc.hpp"
 
 namespace Compiler
 {
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ namespace Compiler
             State mState;
             std::vector<Interpreter::Type_Code> mCode;
             bool mSmashCase;
+            TokenLoc mTokenLoc;
+            bool mDiscard;
 
         public:
 
@@ -48,6 +51,14 @@ namespace Compiler
 
             void reset();
             ///< Reset parser to clean state (this includes the smashCase function).
+
+            /// Returns TokenLoc object for string. If no string has been parsed, the TokenLoc
+            /// object will be default initialised.
+            const TokenLoc& getTokenLoc() const;
+
+            /// If parsing a string, do not add it to the literal table and do not create code
+            /// for it.
+            void discard();
     };
 }