Checkerboard with nested for statements

[mcollins1989]

Draw a checkerboard (8 by 8 squares) out of vertical lines and underscores. You must use two nested for loops, and the for loops should each execute 8 times, e.g.

for (int x = 0; x < 8; x++)
{
for (int y = 0; y < 8; y++)
{
// print out one square of the checkerboard
}
}

[JosAH]

Yes, and your question is?

kind regards,

Jos

[mcollins1989]

I cant exactly get the boxes right.
I keep getting
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|_||_||_||_||_| |_||_||_| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|_||_||_||_||_| |_||_||_| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|_||_||_||_||_| |_||_||_| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|_||_||_||_||_| |_||_||_| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|_||_||_||_||_| |_||_||_| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|_||_||_||_||_| |_||_||_| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|_||_||_||_||_| |_||_||_| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|_||_||_||_||_| |_||_||_|


Here is my code now
public class W7E1
{

public static void main(String[] args)
{

for (int x = 0; x < 8; x++)
{
System.out.prin tln(" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _");
for (int y = 0; y < 8; y++)
{
System.out.prin t("|_|");


}

}
}

}

[BigDaddyLH]

Skill testing question: what is the difference between print() and println()?

[mcollins1989]

im pretty sure println prints a new line, and print prints on the current line.

[BigDaddyLH]

im pretty sure println prints a new line, and print prints on the current line.

Close. println append a newline onto the end of its output and print doesn't. Hmmm...

[nomad]

Close. println append a newline onto the end of its output and print doesn't. Hmmm...

read BigDaddy clue he gives it away.

nomad

[BigDaddyLH]

read BigDaddy clue he gives it away.

nomad

Clue: whenever I write "Hmmm...", I've just given something away. Hmmm...