Scanner reader = new Scanner (System.in); int n = reader.nextInt(); char[][] array = new char [n][n]; int count=0; for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++) { for (int j = 0;j<array.length;j++) { if (count%2==0) { array[i][j] = '#'; } if (count%2==1) { array[i][j] = ' '; } count++; //write your code here } } for (int i = 0;i<array.length;i++) { for (int j=0;j<array.length;j++) { System.out.print(array[i][j]); } System.out.println(); //write your code here } } }