Re: Exercise from C++ How to program Cyber classroom 4th ed.

From: loupceuxl (loupceuxl_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:52:43 -0500

#include <iostream>

using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;

int main()
{
        int x,
                counter = 1;

        cout << "Please input an integer between 1 and 20 to form the sides of a
square: " << endl;
        cin >> x;

        while ( counter <= (x * x) ) {
                        if ( ((counter % x) == 1) || (counter < x) || (counter > x * x - x) )
{
                                cout << "*";
                        }
                        else if ( (counter % x) == 0 ) {
                                cout << "*\n";
                        }
                        else if ( ((counter % x) > 1) && ((counter % x) < x) ) {
                                cout << " ";
                        }
                        ++counter;
                }

        cout << endl;
        return 0;
}