Box within box program

[jamesallen4u]

Hello,

Using ASCII and C programming I am creating a program whose output is a box within a box. I am very close to completion but I am stuck on one part and need your help.

Here is the code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{   
 int k;   
 char UpperLeft,UpperRight,LowerLeft,LowerRight,Vertical,Horizontal;   
 
 UpperLeft  = 218;  
  UpperRight = 191;  
  LowerLeft  = 192;  
  LowerRight = 217;   
 Vertical   = 179;    
Horizontal = 196;       
 
 printf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t    ");

        for ( k = 0; k < 40; k++)
    {        printf("%c",Horizontal);    
            printf("%c",UpperRight);
}
          
         for ( k = 0; k < 3; k++)
    {        printf("\n\t\t  %c",Vertical);    
             printf("\t\t\t\t          %c",Vertical);    }    

printf("\n\t\t   ");  
  
printf("%c",UpperLeft);  
 
 for ( k = 0; k < 36; k++)
    {        printf("%c",Horizontal);    }    

printf("%c",UpperRight); 

       
        for ( k = 0; k < 10; k++)
    {        printf("\n\t\t    %c",Vertical);     

   printf("\t\t\t\t         %c",Vertical);    }    

printf("\n                  ");  
 
 printf("%c", LowerLeft);  
 
 for ( k = 0; k < 36; k++)
    {        printf("%c",Horizontal);    }   

 printf("%c", LowerRight);   

 printf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");

Which gives me:




As I increase the size of the outer box, the lower one keeps sliding down lines becuase the \n is included with the "for loop". Is there a way to prevent this so I can increase the outer without affecting the inner box? Thanks.

[Salem]

Are you allowed to use arrays?

[King Mir]

I wouldn't do this with arrays.

Your code is too hard to follow because you have magic numbers all over the place. If something depends on a number, give that number a name and #define it as a constant.

So I'll give you general advice: stop coding, and think. Figure out how your program should work. How do you display intersecting boxes?

[quzah]

I wouldn't do this with arrays.

Why?

Define an array as big as your screen. Draw the box in the array. Print the array.


Quzah.

[King Mir]

Well it sort of depends on how generic you want to be. If you want to have a single function that draws one box, then you need an array. But if you only ever need two boxes, then you can just print them directly.

[jamesallen4u]

Thanks for the suggestions. In the end, I just printed out line by line instead of using arrays.

[quzah]

Shouldn't that ghost be chasing Pac Man, since it's not dark blue?


Quzah.

[jamesallen4u]

Shouldn't that ghost be chasing Pac Man, since it's not dark blue?


Quzah.

In a perfect world, you would be correct.