Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Printing N X N matrix in spiral order


// OUTPUT : 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 25 24 23 22 21 16 11 6 7 8 9 14 19 18 17 12 13

#include<stdio.h>
#define MAX 5

void printSpiral(int a[][MAX],int n){
int loop = (n+1)/2;
int i,j,k;
for(k=0;k<loop;k++){
i=k;
j=k;
for(j=k;j<MAX-1-k;j++){
printf("%d ",a[i][j]);
}
for(i=k;i<MAX-1-k;i++){
printf("%d ",a[i][j]);
}
for(j=MAX-1-k;j>k;j--){
printf("%d ",a[i][j]);
}
for(i=MAX-1-k;i>k;i--){
printf("%d ",a[i][j]);
}
}
if(loop%2){
printf("%d",a[loop-1][loop-1]);
}
}

int main(){
        int a[][MAX] = {{1,2,3,4,5},
                      {6,7,8,9,10},
                      {11,12,13,14,15},
                      {16,17,18,19,20},
     {21,22,23,24,25}};
printSpiral(a,MAX);
        return 0;
}

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