Thread: aterisk squares!!! need help!

I had created this code, and a lot is missing from it, the input value is "h=6" and "v=4"
it's output is:
*
*
*
*******

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
main()
{ int h,h1,v,v1;
  printf("Enter horizontal value:\n");
  scanf("%d",&h);
  printf("Enter vertical value:\n");
  scanf("%d",&v);
  h1=0;
  v1=0;
  while(v1<=v) {
  printf("\n*");
  v1++;
     while(h1<=h) {
        printf("*");
        h1++;
        }
   }
getch();
}

the output supposed to be is an a square box of asterisk with an a 6X4 field. It should look like this:
without the dashes
******
*-----*
*-----*
******
Can anyone point me to the right direction here!!!
I'm still new to c programming, barely a month ago.
Anyone can give me a clue on this! Little and big help will be graciously accepted.
thnx anyone in advance!

Code:

for( v1 = 0; v1 < v; ++v1 )
{
    for( h1 = 0; h1 < h; ++h1 )
    {
        if( "This is a location in the middle of the rectangle" )
            putchar(' ');
        else
            putchar('*');
    }
    putchar('\n');
}

All you need to do is figure out how to determine if you are somewhere in the middle of the rectangle based on the h1 and v1 values. Shouldn't be to difficult to put in some tests of the values. A couple tests on each of the h1 and v1 values and'ed all together should suffice.

?????

Those are loops... for loops. I just included the looping part which you could drop into the existing code you already have that asks the user for the two values (h and v). That code will work (if you figure out the missing part) for any values of h and v that the user enters.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main()
{
    int h,h1,v,v1;
    printf("Enter horizontal value:\n");
    scanf("%d",&h);
    printf("Enter vertical value:\n");
    scanf("%d",&v);
    for( v1 = 0; v1 < v; ++v1 )
    {
        for( h1 = 0; h1 < h; ++h1 )
        {
            if( h1 > 0 && h1 < h-1 && "figure out the vertical test portion" )
                putchar(' ');
            else
                putchar('*');
        }
        putchar('\n');
    }
    getch();
    return 0;
}

Blue is my code plopped directly into yours, replacing the while loops. Red is a portion of the "missing" part, I'm still going to try and get you to figure out the vertical portion of the tests; here's a hint, it is very similar to the horizontal portion already in place. Green is just a couple additions.