Include a file as a string [duplicate]

Question

Is there a preprocessor trick that allows me to "include" a file as a string in a header?

Something like this:

a.txt

lorem ipsum dolorem
sit amet

and the "magic" include call similar to this:

header.h

MAGICINCLUDE(a.txt, atxt)

As a result, the preprocessor does tricks and the above line is equivalent to this:

const char* atxt = "lorem ipsum dolorem\n\
sit amet";

No external tool shall be used, just the preprocessor: I am trying to get rid of my python scripts that do this.

Answer 1

No, there isn't.

You will need external tools:

• "#include" a text file in a C program as a char[]
• C/C++ with GCC: Statically add resource files to executable/library