Objective

Write a program that marks the largest clear square inside a text map.

Steps

• Create largest_clear_square.c.
• The program expects no command-line arguments.
• Read one map from standard input.
• The first line contains four space-separated fields: row count, empty character, obstacle character, and fill character.
• The following rows form the map.
• All map rows must have the same non-zero width and must contain only the declared empty or obstacle characters.
• The three declared characters must be distinct single printable characters.
• Replace the largest square made only of empty cells with the fill character.
• When several squares have the same size, choose the one with the smallest row index, then the smallest column index.
• Print the transformed map to standard output.
• If the map is valid but contains no empty cell, print it unchanged.
• Print map error followed by a newline and return 1 for malformed input.
• Return 1 when any command-line argument is provided.

Objective

Write a program that marks the largest clear square inside a text map.

Steps

• Create largest_clear_square.c.
• The program expects no command-line arguments.
• Read one map from standard input.
• The first line contains four space-separated fields: row count, empty character, obstacle character, and fill character.
• The following rows form the map.
• All map rows must have the same non-zero width and must contain only the declared empty or obstacle characters.
• The three declared characters must be distinct single printable characters.
• Replace the largest square made only of empty cells with the fill character.
• When several squares have the same size, choose the one with the smallest row index, then the smallest column index.
• Print the transformed map to standard output.
• If the map is valid but contains no empty cell, print it unchanged.
• Print map error followed by a newline and return 1 for malformed input.
• Return 1 when any command-line argument is provided.