Help with PGM project

[LoriDawson]

Guidelines:Write a C program that can find black rectangles against a white background in a PGM image. Here is an example image. Your program produces a report that describes each rectangle found, including its (x,y) location within the image and its width and height in pixels. Note that the image provided is merely an example. Your code must work correctly regardless of the number of rectangles and their relative positions within the image. You may assume that all images used for testing will be 640x480.

I wrote out instructions to do:

1. determine the difference between the background and a rectangle. (probably based on color)
2. determine the location of the rectangle
3. calculate its width and height
4. work correctly regardless of the number of rectangles
5. all images are going to be 640*480
And I know I need a for loop like this:

for (x; x <= 640; x++)
{
for (y ; y <= 480; y++)
{
*do stuff*
}

I'm just stuck now. D:

[Adak]

First thing is to Google "pgm format", so you can get acquainted with what your program will be working with.

Second thing is to look over the example programs that same google page shows links to. You need to know how black is represented, in this format.

Third thing is to break the program down into small parts, that you can handle - like int main() or opening a file, or declaring an x and y variable, and height and width.

Then post your code up, even if it's just a humble start, and we can see what you need help with. You need to show the initiative here. Otherwise, the only thing we wind up doing is everybody's homework, and that's not what we want or are willing to do (with rare exceptions).

So, get busy, and we'll see you soon.