Drawing a Box

Hi Guys,
I have got a quick question which i couldn't able to solve. Wanted to draw a square to actually create a maze but i was stuck in between. Here is a simple code which i wrote

Code:

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#include<stdio.h>


void DrawABox()
{
    printf(" --\n|  |\n --\n");
}

int main()
{
    int i;
   
      for(i=0;i<6;i++)
              DrawABox();
                           
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

/*My output
 --
|  |
 --
 --
|  |
 --
 --
|  |
 --
 --
|  |
 --
 --
|  |
 --
 --
|  |
 --
*/

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This code draws the box vertically. But i wanted horizontally like

Code:

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--  --
|  | |  |...
 --  --

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something like that. Is it possible. Does any one have any ideas.

Thank you

ssharish2005

char screen[25][80];

Fill it up with whatever pattern of spaces and walls you like, then just print it out in the obvious manner.

Just tell DrawABox() how many boxes you want:

Code:

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#include<stdio.h>


void DrawABox(int howmany)
{
    for(int i=0;i<howmany;i++){
        printf(" --  ");
    }
    printf("\n");
    for(int i=0;i<howmany;i++){
        printf("|  | ");
    }
    printf("\n");
    for(int i=0;i<howmany;i++){
        printf(" --  ");
    }
    printf("\n");
    return;
}

int main()
{
    int i;
   
    DrawABox(6);
                           
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

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And this will work even if you put many boxes, just goes to the next line:

Code:

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#include<stdio.h>


void DrawABox(int howmany)
{
    int ar=0;
    for(int b=howmany;b>0;b-=15){
        if(b>15){
            ar=15;
        }
        else{
            ar=b;
        }
        for(int i=0;i<ar;i++){
            printf(" --  ");
        }
        printf("\n");
        for(int i=0;i<ar;i++){
            printf("|  | ");
        }
        printf("\n");
        for(int i=0;i<ar;i++){
            printf(" --  ");
        }
        printf("\n");
    }
    return;
}

int main()
{
    int i;
   
        DrawABox(100);
                           
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

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Hey Guys this is cool, thanks very much for the ideas. Salem and Maxorator that was really very helpful to me

thanks again

ssharish2005