#include <stdio.h>

/* A void function returns nothing. But it does something useful. */
void stars ( int n )
{
int i; 
/* The integer argument value of "n" is passed to this function from "main" */
/* a loop displaying a star at each iteration */
	for (i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
		printf("*");

/* change line after each series */
printf("\n");
/* there is nothing to return: function has completed all its work. It has type "void" */
}

int main( void )
{  
  int n;  /* n is a local variable declaraed as int in main */

  printf("   Enter the positive integer number of stars that should be printed: ");
  scanf("%d", &n);  /* read valaue of n from the user */

  printf("\n"); /* start new line on the standard output */
  
  /* pass number n as an argument to the function "star" that will use it to print "n" stars */
  stars( n );

return 0;
}