How to Display a square

For days i been trying to display an square with a length and the symbol that is been entered by the user. can you please help me?

PS: this should be the output

*****
*``` *
*``` *
* ```*
*<----*---space in the middle
*****
for WINDOWS

Thank you all for your feed back

:confused:

What kind of app? Console or Win32?

Console cout/printf the character for your box outline and use
gotoxy (or (depending on your compiler) the alternative listed in
the FAQ).

Win32 just use MoveToEx and LineTo to go from your 4 corners.

.cpp.cpp .cpp

??

Something like this?

Code:

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output:

Enter square size: 4
Enter symbol to use: -
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Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main( int argc, char **argv ) {

  int  size;
  int  row;
  int  column;
  char  symbol;

  cout << "Enter square size: ";
  cin >> size;

  cout << "Enter symbol to use: ";
  cin >> symbol;

  for( row = 0; row < size; row++ ) {
   
    for( column = 0; column < size; column++ ) {
     
      cout << symbol;
    }

    cout << endl;
  }

  return 0;
}

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Next time post what you have first or be more specific.

Quote:

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Originally posted by moenia
.cpp.cpp .cpp

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Read my reply again. What kind of app (console or win32), NOT what language you're writing in.

as in : are you making a program for DOS or WINDOWS?

ack! maybe he doesn't know what kind of output it is? i dont like it when you people tell beginners complicated jargons. Let's try somthing easier, like what compiler are you using? we can tell from there.

Mine is a bit different from yours, sorry, but I already had it done. You should be able to figure it out from this code though.

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

void draw_square(int length, char character)
{
        cout << "+ ";
       
        for (int horizontal=0; horizontal < (length-2); horizontal++)
        {
                cout<<"- ";
        }

        cout << "+" << endl;

        for (int vertical=0; vertical<(length-2); vertical++)
        {
                cout << "| ";

                for (int whitespace=0; whitespace < (length + length - 5); whitespace++)
                {
                        cout << character;
                }

                cout << " |" << endl;
        }

        cout << "+ ";
       
        for (horizontal=0; horizontal < (length-2); horizontal++)
        {
                cout<<"- ";
        }

        cout << "+" << endl;
}

int main()
{
int length_of_square=0;
char userchar=0;
               
        cout << "Enter the length of the square" << endl;
        cin >> length_of_square;
        cout<<"What character should we use?"<<endl;
        cin>>userchar;

        if (length_of_square == 0)
                return 0;

        if (length_of_square < 0)
        {
                cout << "Incorrect length.";
                return 0;
        }

        draw_square(length_of_square, userchar);

return 0;
}

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You're lazy. Next time you're going to have to show some effort

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main( int argc, char **argv ) {

  int  size;
  int  row;
  int  column;
  char  symbol;

  cout << "Enter square size: ";
  cin >> size;

  cout << "Enter symbol to use: ";
  cin >> symbol;

  for( row = 0; row < size; row++ ) {
   
    cout << symbol;

    for( column = 0; column < size - 2; column++ ) {
   
      if( row == 0 || row == size - 1 ) {

        cout << symbol;
      }
      else {
       
        cout << ' ';
      }
    }

    cout << symbol;

    cout << endl;
  }

  return 0;
}

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