Thread: help needed! string literals

I am new to C programming, i am currently working on a program where i must accept keyboard input and reproduce the text after eliminating white space. unless the text is in a string literal, then it must be reproduced with spaces. i have the first part (printing without spaces) but im not quite sure how to make it print normally within string literals....can anyone help me? here is my code

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
   int c;
   
   printf("This program eliminates whitespace from an input stream,\n");
   printf("except from within string literals in double quotes.\n");
   printf("\n");
   printf("Type characters, and enter EOF after <enter> to finish:\n");
   
   while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) 
      if ( c != ' ') 
      putchar(c);
      
   system("pause");
   return 0;
}

sorry im new and i am using dev c++ so i thought thats what it was. sorry for the inconvenience