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BJP3 Exercise 4.7: xo

Author: Marty Stepp (on 2013/04/01)

Write a static method named xo that accepts an integer size as a parameter and prints a square of size by size characters, where all characters are "o" except that an "x" pattern of "x" characters has been drawn from the corners of the square. In other words, on the first line, the first and last characters are "x"; on the second line, the second and second-from-last characters are "x"; and so on. If 0 or less is passed for the size, no output should be produced.

The following table lists some calls to your method and their expected output:

Call xo(5); xo(8); xo(3); xo(1); xo(0); xo(12); xo(11);
Output 
xooox
oxoxo
ooxoo
oxoxo
xooox

xoooooox
oxooooxo
ooxooxoo
oooxxooo
oooxxooo
ooxooxoo
oxooooxo
xoooooox

xox
oxo
xox

x


                		
                

xoooooooooox
oxooooooooxo
ooxooooooxoo
oooxooooxooo
ooooxooxoooo
oooooxxooooo
oooooxxooooo
ooooxooxoooo
oooxooooxooo
ooxooooooxoo
oxooooooooxo
xoooooooooox


                		
                

xooooooooox
oxoooooooxo
ooxoooooxoo
oooxoooxooo
ooooxoxoooo
oooooxooooo
ooooxoxoooo
oooxoooxooo
ooxoooooxoo
oxoooooooxo
xooooooooox


                		
            

        

				

			


			
		


		

			
				

					

						
						
					

	
					
						
	
						
	
						

							

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