/*----------------------------------------------------------

  Elizabeth Sklar
  MC140.0X
  15 September 2000

  This program prints out one or more death stars, based on
  input from the user. The user specifies the size of each
  death star and the number of stars to print.

----------------------------------------------------------*/

#include <stdio.h>


/*--------------------------------------------------------*/
/* print_death_star                                       */
/*                                                        */
/* This function prints out a death star whose size is    */
/* based on the input argument "size".                    */
/*                                                        */
/*--------------------------------------------------------*/
int print_death_star ( int size ) {

  int i, j; // loop counters

  // this prints the top of the death star
  printf( "/" );
  for ( j=0; j<size*2-2; j++ ) {
    printf( "*" );
  }
  printf( "\\\n" );

  // this prints the inside of the death star
  for ( i=0; i<size; i++ ) {
    for ( j=0; j<size*2; j++ ) {
      printf( "*" );
    }
    printf( "\n" );
  }

  // this prints the bottom of the death star
  printf( "\\" );
  for ( j=0; j<size*2-2; j++ ) {
    printf( "*" );
  }
  printf( "/\n" );

  return 0;

} /* end of print_death_star() */


/*--------------------------------------------------------*/
/* main program                                           */
/*                                                        */
/*--------------------------------------------------------*/
int main( void ) {

  int i, size, num;

  printf( "how big would you like your death star to be? " );
  scanf( "%d",&size );

  printf( "how many death stars would you like? " );
  scanf( "%d",&num );

  for ( i=0; i<num; i++ ) {
    print_death_star( size );
  }

  getchar();

  return 0;

} /* end of main() */