Hollow square program

[siimnurges]

Hey, I need to write a program that prints out a square, which is empty on the inside. So far, I've made a program that outputs a square, which is full on the inside.
P.S. Between every asterisk there needs to be a space(" ")
Here's my code:

print("Rows: ")
rows = int(input())
for i in range(rows):
for j in range(rows):
print("* ", end="")
print("")

 

[Mitya Sirenef]

Hey, I need to write a program that prints out a square, which is empty on the inside. So far, I've

made a program that outputs a square, which is full on the inside.

P.S. Between every asterisk there needs to be a space(" ")
Here's my code:

print("Rows: ")
rows = int(input())
for i in range(rows):
for j in range(rows):
print("* ", end="")
print("")

Small note: print("") is the same as print()

The general idea is: make a string that represents top/bottom of the
square, make a string for the middle part, print out the first string,
then print out middle part n-2 times, then print out first string again.

Did you know you can multiply strings? e.g.:

space = ' '
border = '*'
line = border + space*70

-m

 

[siimnurges]

Well, I did some modifications and got a hollow square, but the columns aren't perfectly aligned with the rows (at least if input is 5. Thanks for the help

rows = int(input())
s1="* "*rows
s2="*"+(rows-2)*" "+"*"
print(s1)
for s in range(rows-2):
print(s2)
print(s1)

 

[siimnurges]

Well, I did some modifications and got a hollow square, but the columns aren't perfectly aligned with the rows (at least if input is 5. Thanks for the help

rows = int(input())
s1="* "*rows
s2="*"+(rows-2)*" "+"*"
print(s1)
for s in range(rows-2):
print(s2)
print(s1)

 

[siimnurges]

Well, I did some modifications, but the columns aren't perfectly aligned with the rows.

rows = int(input())
s1="* "*rows
s2="*"+(rows-2)*" "+"*"
print(s1)
for s in range(rows-2):
print(s2)
print(s1)

 

[siimnurges]

Well, I did some modifications, but the columns aren't perfectly aligned with the rows.

rows = int(input())
s1="* "*rows
s2="*"+(rows-2)*" "+"*"
print(s1)
for s in range(rows-2):
print(s2)
print(s1)

 

[Ian Kelly]

Well, I did some modifications and got a hollow square, but the columns aren't perfectly aligned with the rows (at least if input is 5. Thanks for the help

rows = int(input())
s1="* "*rows
s2="*"+(rows-2)*" "+"*"
print(s1)
for s in range(rows-2):
print(s2)
print(s1)

The (rows-2)*" " in s2 is only enough spaces to account for the
(rows-2) inner * characters in s1. You also need additional spaces in
s2 to match up with for the (rows-1) space characters in between the *
characters in s1.

 

[Peter Otten]

Well, I did some modifications and got a hollow square, but the columns
aren't perfectly aligned with the rows (at least if input is 5. Thanks for
the help

rows = int(input())
s1="* "*rows
s2="*"+(rows-2)*" "+"*"
print(s1)
for s in range(rows-2):
print(s2)
print(s1)

The first and last row have an extra space between the asterisks. For the
square to look like a square you need to add these to the other rows (and
thus s2), too.

Also note that your code prints a minimum of two rows.

 

[siimnurges]

Thanks, got it now

 

[siimnurges]

Thanks, got it now

 

[Mark Lawrence]

Thanks, got it now

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[Steven D'Aprano]

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