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#include <stdio.h>
#define
#define
#define
#define
#define

UP 1
DOWN 2
LEFT 3
RIGHT 4
MAX 6

/*
* Code to generate spiral matrix for n elements where n >= 1
* To generate spiral matrix for n elements just
* change the value of MAX to whatever u want :)
* Author : Raza (rzs23@yahoo.com)
*/
void main()
{
int initial_direction = UP , n = MAX , p = 1 ;

/* intial_direction

is set to UP because we need to start moving right */

int r ,c , a[MAX][MAX];
int row_right = 0 , column_down = n-1 , row_left = n-1 , column_up = 0 ;

clrscr ();
//Set all elements of the matrix to 0
for(r = 0 ; r < MAX ; r++)
{
for(c = 0 ; c < MAX ; c++)
a[r][c] = 0 ;
}
//Generate elements of the spiral matrix
while(p != n*n+1)
{
if(initial_direction == UP)
{
//Move RIGHT
r = row_right++ ;
for(c = 0 ; c < n ; c++)
{
if(a[r][c] == 0)
a[r][c] = p++;
}

initial_direction = RIGHT ;
}
else if(initial_direction == RIGHT)
{
//Move down
c = column_down-- ;
for(r = 0 ; r < n ; r++)
{
if(a[r][c] == 0)
a[r][c] = p++;
}
initial_direction = DOWN ;

}
else if(initial_direction == DOWN)
{
//Move left

r = row_left-- ;
for(c = n-1 ; c >= 0 ; c--)
{
if(a[r][c] == 0)
a[r][c] = p++;
}
initial_direction = LEFT ;

}
else if(initial_direction == LEFT)
{
//Move up
c = column_up++;
for(r = n-1 ; r >= 0 ; r--)
{
if(a[r][c] == 0)
a[r][c] = p++;
}
initial_direction = UP ;
}
}
//Print the matrix
printf("\n\n");
for(r = 0 ; r < MAX ; r++)
{
for(c = 0 ; c < MAX ; c++)
printf("%4d ",a[r][c]);
printf("\n");

}
}