Chapter-2/2-27.c

   1 /*C How to Program, 6/E, Deitel & Deitel.
   2
   3 Solution of exercise 2.27:
   4 (Checkerboard Pattern of Asterisks) Display the following checkerboard pattern
   5 with eight printf statements and then display the same pattern with as few
   6 printf statements as possible.
   7
   8 * * * * * * * *
   9  * * * * * * * *
  10 * * * * * * * *
  11  * * * * * * * *
  12 * * * * * * * *
  13  * * * * * * * *
  14 * * * * * * * *
  15  * * * * * * * *
  16
  17 Written by Juan Carlos Moreno (jcmhsoftware@gmail.com), year 2018.*/
  18
  19 #include <stdio.h>
  20
  21 int main()
  22 {
  23     /* With eight printf statements */
  24     printf("* * * * * * * *\n");
  25     printf(" * * * * * * * *\n");
  26     printf("* * * * * * * *\n");
  27     printf(" * * * * * * * *\n");
  28     printf("* * * * * * * *\n");
  29     printf(" * * * * * * * *\n");
  30     printf("* * * * * * * *\n");
  31     printf(" * * * * * * * *\n\n");
  32
  33     /* Now, with one printf statement */
  34     printf("* * * * * * * *\n"
  35            " * * * * * * * *\n"
  36            "* * * * * * * *\n"
  37            " * * * * * * * *\n"
  38            "* * * * * * * *\n"
  39            " * * * * * * * *\n"
  40            "* * * * * * * *\n"
  41            " * * * * * * * *\n");
  42
  43     return 0;
  44 }