making a hollow asterisks box

[junkpro11]

im a noob at turing...im prob the worst in class cuz logic isnt my stong suit.and i took programming to learn sth different. can anyone help me how to make a hollow asterisk box with number of stars across input
eg. the input is 4
the box would be
****
* *
* *
* *
****

my code doesnt work....it onli makes this
****
**
**
****

code:

var inum : int put "enter number" get inum for row : 1 .. inum     for column : 1 .. inum         if column = 1 or column = inum or row = 1 or row = inum then             put "*" ..         end if     end for     put "" end for

[junkpro11]

what the? the boz is supposed to be outlined by asterisks but the inside is supposed to hollow

dunno y the msg appeared funni

[Delos]

Hey, this is easy actually!

Just add an 'else' statement to your if condition.

code:

else put " "..

It look funny on the board due to some odd space removal thing used...

[Flashkicks]

I remember having to do this when i was in grade nine! We also had to make a Christmas tree which most the kids had problems with..lol And its funny- i was one of them as well

[Raugrist]

Even easier like this:

code:

var num : int get num put repeat ("*", num) put "*", repeat (" ", num - 2), "*" put "*", repeat (" ", num - 2), "*" put "*", repeat (" ", num - 2), "*" put repeat ("*", num)

Good ol' repeat function.

[junkpro11]

thank you everyone! im in gr. 10 but teacher didnt teach us repeat yet...

this question is on the hw sheet...to prepare us for the test on wed. u can see im not tat good with programming....lacking logic so ty for helping me!!!!