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Chessboard
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| //****************************************************************** | |
| // Chessboard program | |
| // This program prints a chessboard pattern that is built up from | |
| // basic strings of white and black characters. | |
| //****************************************************************** | |
| #include <iostream> | |
| #include <string> | |
| using namespace std; | |
| const string BLACK = "%%%%%"; // Define a line of a black square // | |
| const string BLACK2 = "% %"; | |
| const string WHITE = " "; // Define a line of a white square | |
| const string WHITE2 = "%%%%%"; | |
| // Create a white-black row by concatenating the basic strings | |
| const string WHITE_ROW = WHITE + BLACK + WHITE + BLACK + WHITE + BLACK + WHITE \ | |
| + BLACK; | |
| const string WHITE_ROW_BORDER = WHITE2 + BLACK + WHITE2 + BLACK + WHITE2 \ | |
| + BLACK + WHITE2 + BLACK; | |
| // Create a black-white row by concatenating the basic strings | |
| const string BLACK_ROW = BLACK2 + WHITE + BLACK2 + WHITE + BLACK2 + WHITE \ | |
| + BLACK2 + WHITE; | |
| const string BLACK_ROW_BORDER = BLACK + WHITE + BLACK + WHITE + BLACK + WHITE \ | |
| + BLACK + WHITE; | |
| void printRow(string row, string rowBorder, int height) | |
| { | |
| cout << rowBorder << endl; | |
| for (int i = 0; i < height; i++) | |
| { | |
| cout << row << endl; | |
| } | |
| cout << rowBorder << endl; | |
| } | |
| void printWhiteBlackRow(int height) | |
| { | |
| printRow(WHITE_ROW, WHITE_ROW_BORDER, height); | |
| } | |
| void printBlackWhiteRow(int height) | |
| { | |
| printRow(BLACK_ROW, BLACK_ROW_BORDER, height); | |
| } | |
| int main() | |
| { | |
| const int rowHeight = 8; | |
| const int rowsTotal = 8; | |
| // five wide eitght height white-black rows | |
| for (int i = 0; i < rowsTotal; i++) | |
| { | |
| if (i % 2 == 0) | |
| { | |
| // even row | |
| printWhiteBlackRow(rowHeight); | |
| } | |
| else | |
| { | |
| // odd row | |
| printBlackWhiteRow(rowHeight); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // system("PAUSE"); //to pause console output ? | |
| return 0; | |
| } |
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