Question

Assume that (x), (y), and (len) have been properly declared and initialized. Write the program code to draw a square below.

a) Code snippet provided
b) No code needed for drawing a square
c) Code depends on the programming language
d) Insufficient information to write code

Answer 1

To write code for drawing a square, the programming language is required. Pseudo-code can provide a generic algorithm, and an example in Python with turtle module is demonstrated.

Step-by-step explanation:

To write program code for drawing a square, we need more details than just the variables 'x', 'y', and 'len'. Specifically, we need to know the programming language being used, as different languages have different syntaxes and graphical libraries for drawing shapes.

However, we can provide a generic pseudo-code snippet based on the given variables, which might resemble the following steps:

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• Move to the starting point (x, y).
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• Draw a line of length 'len' horizontally from the starting point.
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• Draw a line of length 'len' vertically from the end of the first line.
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• Draw a line of length 'len' horizontally to return to the 'x' coordinate of the starting point.
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• Draw a line of length 'len' vertically to close the square, returning to the starting point.

If we were using a language like Python with a module like turtle, an example code could look like this:

import turtle

turtle.penup()
turtle.goto(x, y)
turtle.pendown()

for _ in range(4):
turtle.forward(len)
turtle.left(90)

turtle.done()

This pseudo-code and Python example assume that a graphical module is available and that the turtle module provides a simple way to draw geometric shapes on the screen.