Program that displays hollow square pattern.
Solution in C PYTHON
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int n, i, j;
scanf("%d",&n);
for(i=1;i<=n;i++){
for(j=1;j<=n;j++){
if(i==1 || i==n || j==1 || j==n)
printf("*");
else
printf(" ");
}
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}
int main() {
int n, i, j;
scanf("%d",&n);
for(i=1;i<=n;i++){
for(j=1;j<=n;j++){
if(i==1 || i==n || j==1 || j==n)
printf("*");
else
printf(" ");
}
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}
Input
5
Output
*****
* *
* *
* *
*****
5
Output
*****
* *
* *
* *
*****