Pattern problem

#1

Required output
00000
0XXX0
0X0X0
0XXX0
00000
#include
using namespace std;
int main() {
int r,c1;
cin>>r>>c1;
int startRow=0,endRow=r-1,startColumn=0,endColumn=c1-1;
char c[r][c1];
bool f=false;
while(startRow<=endRow && startColumn<=endColumn){
if(f==false){
for(int i=startColumn;i<=endColumn;i++)
{
c[startRow][i]=‘0’;
}startRow++;
for(int i=startRow;i<=endRow;i++)
{
c[i][endColumn]=‘0’;
}endColumn–;
if(startRow<endRow)
{
for(int i=endColumn;i>=startColumn;i–)
{
c[endRow][i]=‘0’;
}
}endRow–;
if(startRow<endRow)
{
for(int i=endRow;i>=startRow;i–)
{
c[i][startColumn]=‘0’;
}

    }startColumn++;
    f=true;
}
if(f==true)
{
    for(int i=startColumn;i<=endColumn;i++)
    {
        c[startRow][i]='x';
    }startRow++;
    for(int i=startRow;i<=endRow;i++)
    {
        c[i][endColumn]='x';
    }endColumn--;
    if(startRow<endRow)
    {
        for(int i=endColumn;i>=startColumn;i--)
        {
            c[endRow][i]='x';
        }
    }endRow--;
    if(startRow<endRow)
    {
        for(int i=endRow;i>=startRow;i--)
        {
            c[i][startColumn]='x';
        }

    }startColumn++;
    f=false;
}

}
for(int i=0;i<r;i++)
{

for(int j=0;j<c1;j++){
    cout<<c[i][j];
}cout<<endl;

}
}

i am not getting the required output always one X goes missing

#2

Hi @Subhasish_Mishra
Can you please share this question’s hacker block problem id so that i can see the problem statement. If it is not a hacker block problem so please share the link to this problem.

#3

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