Question

Code this logic :P

Answer 1

Box in a Box
Idea is to take a number as input and print a pattern of boxes
If input is 2, two boxes are to be printed - one inside the other
Smallest box will be of size 3*3, the next bigger box will be 5*5, the next one will be 7*7, so on and so forth
For input 1, then draw a box of dimensions 3*3
For input 2, outer box will be 5*5, inner will be 3*3
For input 3, outer box will be 7*7, with 2 more inner boxes
All boxes will be top left aligned as shown in the figure

Answer 2

Like this, for n=2?
*****
*****
** **
*****
*****
Would look nicer if the boxes are separated. This way it looks more like a solid box with a hole than boxes in a box. lol

Answer 3

* * * * *
* * *
* * * *
* *
* * * * *


this is for n = 2

Answer 4

How about this, centred box in a box, floating inside like magic, lol.
* * * * * * *
* *
* * * * *
* * * *
* * * * *
* *
* * * * * * *

PS I wish there's a way to specify fixed space Courier font for printer graphs.

Answer 5

Do you ask a general code to be able to cope with input 4, 5, .. ?

Answer 6

Hi, thought this looked like a nice challenge so I made something in python:

def DrawBoxes(numberOfBoxes):
print("*"*(numberOfBoxes *2+1)) #top line
print("*" + " *"*numberOfBoxes) #second line
for n in range(1,numberOfBoxes):
print("*"*(n*2+1) + " *"*(numberOfBoxes-n))
print("*" + " "*(n*2) + " *"*(numberOfBoxes-n))
print("*"*(numberOfBoxes *2+1)) #bottom line

It uses the layout that rvc suggested, mainly because it looked the simplest to code :P