How can I include something

[brisk schooner]

How can I include something but

• You CANNOT use these characters: #$%&'.?@[\]^_`{}

I've this but this is blacklisted

%:include "/etc/passwd"

int main(void)
{
return 0;
}

[tribal pebble]

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[violet lantern]

What's the point

[strong falcon]

^^

This is an XY problem, it's absurd and we can't really help without context

[sour notch]

How are you going to create a functional C program without the use of { } characters?

[flint fiber]

I'd like to know the answer to that as well

To import, you could go and copy paste the file yourself

You might have a few preprocessor conditions to resolve by hand

Could you maybe use a combination of labels + inline assembly + extern functions to create a function?

[earnest harbor]

use compiler flag

;compile -includestdio.h

int main() <: printf("hello"); :>

[cosmic crater]

Compiler Output

<source>:1:30: error: expected ']' before ';' token
    1 | int main() <: printf("hello"); :>
      |                              ^
      |                              ]
Build failed

abcq2 | c | x86-64 gcc 13.2 | godbolt.org

[brisk schooner]

this give me:

gcc main.c 
main.c:3:5: error: variably modified ‘main’ at file scope
    3 | int main() <: printf("hello") :>
      |     ^~~~
main.c:3:5: error: ‘main’ declared as function returning an array
main.c: In function ‘main’:
main.c:4: error: expected ‘{’ at end of input

[karmic kayak]

why cant you use those characters?
is it a keyboard thing or some bogus challenge?

[craggy salmon]

Refuse to do the challenge because I cannot see how this will be beneficial to you or help you learn anything

[sleek adder]

you can use Trigraphs i suppose http://port70.net/~nsz/c/c11/n1570.html#5.2.1.1
though its a bit unclear why you'd do it in the first place.
you code above will look like

??=include "/etc/passwd"

int main(void) ??<
  return 0;
??>```

[craggy salmon]

Even ? seems to be forbidden

[sleek adder]

is it? they put their sentence in quotes and those seem to end before the dot (or at least that how i read it)

[brisk schooner]

yeah is it

[brisk schooner]

now it's clearer thanks

yeah is a challenge

[tribal pebble]

@brisk schooner Has your question been resolved? If so, type !solved :)

[brisk schooner]

no

[flint fiber]

If you can use forbidden symbols inside your compile command you could maybe do stuff like -D BEG={ -D END=} I think that’s how you define stuff