C program to draw a rectangle

The C graphic header file has a builtin function to draw various geometric shapes such as lines, circles, polygons, and quadrilaterals. In this article, you will learn to draw a rectangle using C programming graphics support.

Table of Contents

Problem Definition

To draw the rectangle using C graphics support, we write a program that does the following:

Declare all graphic variables including graphic driver.
Initialize all graphic variables.
Initialization of graph and set path to graphic library support in C compiler.
Set the line style for rectangle.
Draw the rectangle.
Close the graph.

Source Code – Draw Rectangle

/* Program to draw a rectangle using C graphic support */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <graphics.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main() /* Main function begins */
{
     /* Declare the graphic variables */
     int gdriver, gmode, userpattern;
     int left, right, top, bottom;
     /* Initialize the graphic driver to autodetect the graphic drivers */
     gdriver = DETECT;
     userpattern = 1;
     /* Initialization of graph and path set to graphic interface */
     initgraph(&gdriver, &gmode, "D:\\TURBOC3\\BGI");
     /* Set the line style */
     setlinestyle(SOLID_LINE,userpattern,3);
     /* Draw the line */
     left = 100;
     top = 80;
     bottom = 220;
     right = 350;
     rectangle(left, top, right, bottom);
     /* close the graph */
     getch();
     closegraph();
     return 0;
}

The most important code is setting dimensions of the rectangle which draw the shape.

left = 100;
top = 80;
bottom = 220;
right = 350;

Each variable is a corner point of the rectangle that defines the length and breadth of the sides of the rectangle. The left is 100 px in x-axis direction, top is 80 px in y-axis direction, the bottom is 220 px in x-axis and the right is 350 px in y-axis direction.

The (right – left) is 250px ( longer side) and the (bottom – top) is 120 px (shorter side) of the rectangle.

Output

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