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**JuNaiDiQbaL** · #1 06-05-2011, 03:50 PM

#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
int i;
int j;
int side;
clrscr();
cout<<"Enter side\n";
cin>>side;

for(i=0;i<side;i++)
{
cout<<"*"; //print top row
}

for(j=0;j<side-2;j++) //side-2 to account for top and bottom rows
{
cout<<"\n";
cout<<"*"; //print left side

for(i=0;i<(side-2);i++) //side-2 to account for left and right sides
{
cout<<" "; //print spaces
}

cout<<"*"; //print right side
}

cout<<"\n";

for(i=0;i<(side);i++)
{
cout<<"*"; //print bottom row
}

getch();
}