Printing a 2D array in C

Question

how would I print a 2d array in c using scanf for user input, array called grid[ ][ ] and a for loop?

say if the user types in 3 5, the out

Answer 1

First you need to input the two numbers say num_rows and num_columns perhaps using argc and argv then do a for loop to print the dots.

int j=0;
int k=0;
for (k=0;k<num_columns;k++){
   for (j=0;j<num_rows;j++){
       printf(".");
   }
 printf("\n");
 }

you'd have to replace the dot with something else later.

Answer 2

Is this any help?

#include <stdio.h>

#define MAX 10

int main()
{
    char grid[MAX][MAX];
    int i,j,row,col;

    printf("Please enter your grid size: ");
    scanf("%d %d", &row, &col);


    for (i = 0; i < row; i++) {
        for (j = 0; j < col; j++) {
            grid[i][j] = '.';
            printf("%c ", grid[i][j]);
        }
        printf("\n");
    }

    return 0;
}

Answer 3

...
for(int i=0;i<3;i++){ //Rows
for(int j=0;j<5;j++){ //Cols
 printf("%<...>\t",var);
}
printf("\n");
}
...

considering that <...> would be d,e,f,s,c... etc datatype... X)