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Qn-8.c

Problem Statement

Write a C program to find the transpose of a given square matrix using 2D array. The transpose of a matrix is obtained by swapping the rows and columns of the matrix

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Author Amit Dutta amitdutta4255@gmail.com
Date 06 Mar 2026
License MIT License (See the LICENSE file for details)
Difficulty Beginner (index: 2 / 10)

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  • Recursion
  • Sorting (possible)
  • Iteration

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Source Code

#include <stdio.h>

void transpose(int row, int col, int[row][col]);
void print(int row, int col, int[row][col]);

int main()
{
    int row = 3, col = 3, i, j, val = 1;
    int arr[row][col];
    for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
        {
            arr[i][j] = val++;
        }
    }
    printf("Before Transpose: \n");
    print(row, col, arr);
    transpose(row, col, arr);
    return 0;
}

void transpose(int row, int col, int arr[row][col])
{
    int i, j;
    int res[col][row];
    for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
        {
            res[j][i] = arr[i][j];
        }
    }
    printf("\nAfter Transpose: \n");
    print(row, col, res);
}

void print(int row, int col, int arr[row][col])
{
    int i, j;
    for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
        {
            printf("%d  ", arr[i][j]);
        }
        printf("\n");
    }
}

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    CODE (Qn-8.c):

    #include <stdio.h>

    void transpose(int row, int col, int[row][col]);
    void print(int row, int col, int[row][col]);

    int main()
    {
        int row = 3, col = 3, i, j, val = 1;
        int arr[row][col];
        for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
        {
            for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
            {
                arr[i][j] = val++;
            }
        }
        printf("Before Transpose: \n");
        print(row, col, arr);
        transpose(row, col, arr);
        return 0;
    }

    void transpose(int row, int col, int arr[row][col])
    {
        int i, j;
        int res[col][row];
        for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
        {
            for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
            {
                res[j][i] = arr[i][j];
            }
        }
        printf("\nAfter Transpose: \n");
        print(row, col, res);
    }

    void print(int row, int col, int arr[row][col])
    {
        int i, j;
        for (i = 0; i < row; i++)
        {
            for (j = 0; j < col; j++)
            {
                printf("%d  ", arr[i][j]);
            }
            printf("\n");
        }
    }