How to print this box in MatLab?

Hello can you please help me with the code for this box of Os' and Xs'? So far I've done this but I only print one line.

n=input('Enter length')
for i= 1:n
    for j=1:n
        if i==1||i==n
            fprintf('x')
        elseif 1==2 | 1==n-1
            if j==1 |j==n
                fprintf('x')
            else
                fprintf('o')
            end
        end
        if(i==3)| (i==(n-2))
            if j==2 |j==n-1
                fprintf('o')
            else 
                fprintf('x')
            end
      
            if i==1 | j==3 | j==n-2 | j==n
            fprintf('x')
        elseif j==2 | j==n-1
            fprintf('o')
        end
        end
    
    end
end

fprintf('\n')

            

[dpb]

HINT: your only newline print statement is at the complete end of all code...

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

As dpb mentioned, you need to indicate when to move to the next line (which is only done at the very end of your code).

Here's an alternative I put together just for fun.

n = 10;  
m = nan(n,n);                 
% loop through each of the 3 outer layers
for i = 1:3
    m(i:n-i+1,i) = i;             %left edge
    m(i,i:n-i+1) = i;             %top
    m(end-i+1,i:n-i+1) = i;       %bottom
    m(i:n-i+1,end-i+1) = i;       %right
end
% odd numbers become "x"s, even numbers become "o's and NaNs become empties
mcell = cell(size(m)); 
mcell(mod(m,2)==1) = {'x'}; 
mcell(mod(m,2)==0) = {'o'}; 
mcell(isnan(m)) = {' '}; 
% Print to command window as nxn char array
 reshape(char(mcell),n,n)

Result:

 ans =
  10×10 char array
    'xxxxxxxxxx'
    'xoooooooox'
    'xoxxxxxxox'
    'xox    xox'
    'xox    xox'
    'xox    xox'
    'xox    xox'
    'xoxxxxxxox'
    'xoooooooox'
    'xxxxxxxxxx'