c programming problem

[Nav]

i am in need of some big time help..Need to write a program in C that allows me to display an octagon and its area on the output screen. This is a regular octagon ..each side is "a". Any help would be really appreciated!!!!! Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...help me.

[quzah]

#include<stdio.h>
int main ( void )
{
    return printf("an octagon\nits area\n");
}

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Quzah.

[Nav]

hi..well I did make an attempt to print the octagon but I dont quite know how to do the spacing...and use the area function..which I did derive myself. I used two for loops..in order to print x's to make into an octagon...I need to put the thing together. Any help would be helpful!
thanks!!!

[Prelude]

> I used two for loops..in order to print x's to make into an octagon...
Why do things the hard way?

#include <stdio.h>

static char *octagon[] = {
  "   *****  ",
  "  ******* ",
  " *********",
  " *********",
  " *********",
  "  ******* ",
  "   *****  ",
  NULL,
};

int main ( void )
{
  char **p = octagon;

  while ( *p != NULL )
    puts ( *p++ );

  return 0;
}

-Prelude