The following java solution is proposed
/*
* Create a function that can draw a checkerboard with boardwidth by boardlength where each square is squarewidth by squarelength.
* It is to be drawn with System.out.prints only.
*/
public class DrawCheckerBoard {
public static void drawCheckerBoard(int checkerBoardWidth, int checkerBoardHeight, int squareWidth, int squareHeight)
{
for (int i = 0 ; i < checkerBoardHeight ; i++)
{
for (int j = 0 ; j < squareHeight ; j++)
{
for(int k = 0 ; k < checkerBoardWidth ; k++)
{
//determine character to draw for square
//based on the which checkerboard spot (i and k indices)
String character = "X";
if ((i+k)%2==0)
{
character = "O";
}
for (int l = 0 ; l < squareWidth ; l++)
{
System.out.print(character);
}
}//end of line
System.out.println("");
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("4 by 4 board with each square being 2 by 2");
drawCheckerBoard(4,4,2,2);
System.out.println("8 by 8 board with each square being 4 by 4");
drawCheckerBoard(8,8,4,4);
}
}
