Thread: Rectangle

Can someone please correct this code to display a perfect rectangle. It displays a stupid kind of rectangle...

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
		char c,i;
		
		c=169;
		printf("%c",c);
		c=196;
		for(i=0;i<=2;i++)
			printf("%c",c);
		c=170;
		printf("%c\n",c);
		
		c=179;
		printf("%c",c);
		printf("   ");
		printf("%c\n",c);
		c=192;
		printf("%c",c);
		c=196;
		for(i=0;i<=2;i++)
			printf("%c",c);
		c=217;
		printf("%c",c);
		
                 return 0;
}

Hi,

Is you only want to display a rectangle I think one printf like printf(" _________\n|_________|\n"); would be enough. But do you want to display some special char? What are those values that you're assigning to c? Also when you do a "for" loop it is better to use an int and not a char.

Originally Posted by Tibo-88

Hi,

Is you only want to display a rectangle I think one printf like printf(" _________\n|_________|\n"); would be enough. But do you want to display some special char? What are those values that you're assigning to c? Also when you do a "for" loop it is better to use an int and not a char.

Sorry for the int i (my bad), doesn't make any difference though, and thanks for the rectangle you suggested, its better than mine, but still it's got sides which are fragmented, I need a perfect rectangle without using the standard rectangle function.

Tried this...

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
		char c;

		printf(" _________\n");
		c=179;	
		printf("%c",c);
		printf("_________%c\n",c);
                return 0;
}

But still the corners are distorted....

Is it even possible to draw a perfect rectangle, manually....

Than HK, made a perfect rectangle, thanx Tibo.

Is there any function or any other way to move the cursor...

Include conio.h and you can use gotoxy(x,y), where x=column and y=row,

or

include windows.h and use SetConsoleCursorPosition(coordinate), where coordinate is a struct with two ints - x and y.

Do a search on the forum, and you'll find examples of both.

Originally Posted by Adak

Include conio.h and you can use gotoxy(x,y), where x=column and y=row,

Trying to use gotoxy by including conio.h, but it says
" 'gotoxy': identifier not found "

any suggestions...

Plz help....