Square of asterisk in c

[Geekibz]

Hi.I want to print out a 5 by 5 square of asterisks in c using nested for loops.I tried but my code(see below) resulted in an infinite loop.Pls help.

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{
int x,y,c=5;
for(x=c;x<=c;x--)
{
    for(y=c;y<=c;y--)
        printf("*");
 
}
printf("\n");
}

[babu198649]

hi geek biz
in u r code u r decrementing the x value which is always less than c and hence it falls in to infinite loop.

try this

 #include<stdio.h>
main()
{
    int x, y, c=5;
    for (x=c; x>0; x--)
    {
        for (y=c; y>1; y--)  //changed this line
            printf("*");    // changed this line
        printf("*\n");      // changed this line
    }
    printf("\n");
}

[Geekibz]

Thanx.Works fine.how about modifying that to printout a pyramid of asterisk?I intend to use if -else statements.Is there an easier way out?

[sicarie]

Yes. Yes there is.