How do I make a square in C++

c++

Solution

I'm not sure what you're trying to do exactly but it sounds like one of my first programs (which printed "BEAUTY EH?" to the screen in huge graphics. Drawing the question mark was really hard.). But here is a program that displays a box like this:

********************************************************************************
*                                                                              *
*                                                                              *
*                                                                              *
*                                                                              *
*                                                                              *
*                                                                              *
*                                                                              *
*                                                                              *
********************************************************************************

And here's the program:

#include <cstdlib>  // It's always best to include this file before any others.
#include <iostream> // This is so we can use "cout"

int main()
{
    // first let's save ourselves a little typing
    using namespace std;

    // We're going to draw a box of stars ("*").
    // It will be 80 characters wide by 10 rows tall.
    //
    // Since we're writing to the console using 'cout',
    // we're just going to write one line at a time,
    // and then issue a carraige return to start printing
    // on the next line.

    // First let's draw the top "wall", which is a solid 
    // row of 80 stars, one at a time
    for (int column = 0; column < 80; ++column)
    {
        cout << "*";
    }
    // now print a carraige return, so we can start printing on the next line
    cout << "\n";

    // Now we're going to print the sides.
    // There are 8 rows here.  Each row is a star, followed by
    // 78 spaces, followed by another star and a carraige return.
    for (int row = 0; row < 8; ++row)
    {
        // print the left "wall"
        cout << "*";
        // now print 78 spaces
        for (int column = 0; column < 78; ++column)
        {
            cout << " ";
        }
        // finally print the right "wall" and a carraige return
        cout << "*\n";
        // continue the for loop to print the next row
    }

    // Once the loop is done, we can print the bottom wall the same way we printed the top one.
    for (int column = 0; column < 80; ++column)
    {
        cout << "*";
    }
    // now print a carraige return, so we can start printing on the next line
    cout << "\n";

}

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