C language

[Shiva-0108]

// C++ program to print square inside
// a square pattern
#include
using namespace std;

// Function to print the pattern square
// inside a square
void printPattern(int n)
{
int i, j;

// To access rows of the square
for (i = 1; i <= n; i++)
{
	// To access columns of the square
	for (j = 1; j <= n; j++)
	{

		// For printing the required square pattern
		if ((i == 1 || i == n || j == 1 || j == n) ||
			(i >= 3 && i <= n - 2 && j >= 3 && j <= n - 2) &&
			(i == 3 || i == n - 2 || j == 3 || j == n - 2))
		{
			// Prints star(*)
			cout<<"*";
		}
		else
		{
			// Prints space(" ")
			cout<<" ";
		}
	}

	cout<<endl;
}

}

// Driver Code
int main()
{
int n = 7;
printPattern(n);
return 0;
}