Question: Display the following checkerboard pattern with eight printf statements and then display the same pattern with as few printf statements as possible.
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#include <stdio.h> int main (void) { //Program to display checkerboard pattern of asterisks. //using eight printf statements printf("* * * * * * * *\n"); printf(" * * * * * * * *\n"); printf("* * * * * * * *\n"); printf(" * * * * * * * *\n"); printf("* * * * * * * *\n"); printf(" * * * * * * * *\n"); printf("* * * * * * * *\n"); printf(" * * * * * * * *\n\n\n"); //using as few printf statements as possible printf("* * * * * * * *\n * * * * * * * *\n* * * * * * * *\n * * * * * * * *\n"); printf("* * * * * * * *\n * * * * * * * *\n* * * * * * * *\n * * * * * * * *\n"); return 0; } |