Example: C++ Program to Draw Rectangle using For loop

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// C++ Program to Draw Rectangle using For loop
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    int r = 0, c = 0, i, j;
    // r - denotes the number of rows
    // c - denotes the number of columns

    cout << "-----Enter the number of rows & columns-----\n";
    cin >> r >> c;

    for (i = 1; i <= r; i++) {
        for (j = 1; j <= c; j++) {
            if (i == 1 || i == r || j == 1 || j == c)
                cout << "* ";
            else
                cout << "  ";
        }
        cout << "\n";
    }
    return 0;
}