Problem Solving through programming In C Session-1 Problem - 2 Programming Question Solution

 

Session-1 Problem - 2

Due on 2020-12-04, 11:00 IST

Write a program which accepts number of rows and columns and prints a hollow rectangle using asterisk (*) symbol as given in the example. (Please note that the printing starts from the first row and first column, do not use any blank space between two asterisk (*), use \n for next row.

For row =6 and column = 20

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*                          *

*                          *

*                          *

*                          *

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Your last recorded submission was on 2020-12-04, 10:12 IST

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#include <stdio.h>

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void print_rectangle(int n, int m); 

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int main()  

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{  

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    int rows, columns;  

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    scanf("%d", &rows); //No of rows is accepted from test data

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    scanf("%d", &columns); //No of columns is accepted from test data

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    print_rectangle(rows, columns);  

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    return 0;  

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}  

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​

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//Write the above function to complete the program

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void print_rectangle(int n, int m) 

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{ 

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    int i, j; 

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    for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) 

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    { 

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        for (j = 1; j <= m; j++) 

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        { 

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            if (i==1 || i==n || j==1 || j==m)             

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                printf("*");             

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            else

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                printf(" ");             

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        } 

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        printf("\n"); 

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    } 

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}