c - How to preserve new lines when doing: #include "file" -

the file has empty new lines.

"a" "" "b" "" "c"

file included program via following method

fputs ( #include "file" ,stdout );

actual result:

abc

expected result:

a  b  c

c merges string literals separated whitespace. when write

"a" "" "b" "" "c"

c compiler merges them "abc"; cannot detect difference between 2 sources once code compiled.

if want line breaks, insert them string literals explicitly:

"a\n" "\n" "b\n" "\n" "c"

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