Printing labels using columns and rows Begginer

[Sam Madden]

Im really new to C++ and am trying to write a program to Print this label 3 columns wide and 8 rows down? Any ideas would be much appreciated? at the moment i can only print it 8 rows down while its in a loop?

**********************************
* *
* Mrs Mary Jo Phillip *
* 31 Charles Street *
* Cardiff, Cf23 8XR *
* *
* *
**********************************



Thanks







#include <stdio.h>

void main ()
{
int x,
y;

x=1;
while (x<=8)
{
printf("********************************\n",x);
printf("* *\n",x);
printf("* Mrs Mary Jo Phillips *\n",x);
printf("* 31 Charles Street *\n",x);
printf("* Cardiff, Cf23 8XR *\n",x);
printf("* *\n",x);
printf("* *\n",x);
printf("********************************\n",x);

for (y=1;y<=10;y++)
{
printf("",y);
}
x++;
}

}

[Scipio]

Use the #format when uploading code

The only way is to print every line twice, i believe. You could create a function to do that, that is the easiest way i guess.

If you want to learn c++, i recommend to use cin and cout

[Sam Madden]

i need to do it using loops tho? 3 labels across and 8 down?

[Scipio]

Yes, but you dont have to use a loop for every single line.

You could do someting like this:

void multistring(string text)
{
cout<<text<<"\t"<<text<<"\t"<<text<<endl;
}
...
for (int i=1;i<=8;i++)
{
multistring("..."); //first line
...                        //etc.
}

EDIT: I dont use a seccond loop here, you dont need that. Another way would be by store every line in an array and then use loops