🔔🔔 CHALLENGE: TOWER OF SQUARES 🔔🔔

Question

Write a code that displays the tower of squares for a given number as a matrix.

A tower of squares is a tower with square base. The outer square has height 1, the next one height 4, than 9 and so on.

n=1

1

n=2

11
11

n=3

111
141
111

n=4

1111
1441
1111

n=5

11111
14441
14941
14441
11111

Have fun coding!

Answer 1

think i got it

https://code.sololearn.com/cP56nve6t4Ly/?ref=app

Answer 2

Made the mistake to take a quick look at Oma falk's solution. So mine is heavily influenced by falk's :p
Great job!
https://code.sololearn.com/cD1tXfX1j8EG/?ref=app

Answer 3

@davy thanks

Answer 4

@alex danke....
muss dann ja lesbarer code sein

Answer 5

Fixed it. And here is another version with a different approach.
Made a dynamic 2d-array and filled it multiple times with decrementing iterators in the nested for loops.

https://code.sololearn.com/cD1tXfX1j8EG/?ref=app
https://code.sololearn.com/c8xVYIOciJq8/#cpp

Answer 6

@alex: try enter 9:
24 is not a square. Back to the drawing table.

Answer 7

Tried it myself with a different aproach.
Also tried to maintain a rectangular shape.

https://code.sololearn.com/c2r9OMgnq7hD/?ref=app