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

}
printf("\n");
}[/code]

[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
[code=c]
#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");
}[/code]

[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.