Rodrigo Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > I need create a square using a single number, but I don't > know how to create the sides.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; for( my $n = 1 ; $n <= 10; $n++ ){ print "\nn = $n\n\n"; if( $n == 1 ){ print "*\n"; } else { print '*'x$n . "\n"; for( my $line = 2; $line < $n; $line ++ ){ print '*' . ' 'x($n-2) . "*\n"; } print '*'x$n . "\n"; } } __END__ HTH, Thomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/