[multidimensional-array] Printing a 2D array in C

how would I print a 2d array in c using scanf for user input, array called grid[ ][ ] and a for loop?

say if the user types in 3 5, the output will be:

.....
.....
.....

Here is the code that I have written so far (newbie here):

#include <stdio.h>

#define MAX 10

int main()
{
    int grid[MAX][MAX];
    int row, col;
    int i,j;

    printf("Please enter your grid size: ");
    scanf("%d %d", &row, &col);

    for (i=0; i<MAX; i++)
        for //i gave up here


}

This is only a little part of the whole stage of my task:

Enter number of rows and columns followed by list of words (hit enter twice to end list): 10 15
quick
brown
fox
jumped
over
lazy
dog

00  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
01  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
02  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
03  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
04  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
05  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
06  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
07  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
08  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
09  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
    0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 
  0. quick
  1. brown
  2. fox
  3. jumped
  4. over
  5. lazy
  6. dog

functions allowed and should be included in the code: string functions - strlen(),strcpy(), strcat(), strchr(), strcmp(),strstr()

must use 2d array

must use fgets for words. Out put must match the exact format.

This question is related to multidimensional-array

The answer is


...
for(int i=0;i<3;i++){ //Rows
for(int j=0;j<5;j++){ //Cols
 printf("%<...>\t",var);
}
printf("\n");
}
...

considering that <...> would be d,e,f,s,c... etc datatype... X)


First you need to input the two numbers say num_rows and num_columns perhaps using argc and argv then do a for loop to print the dots.

int j=0;
int k=0;
for (k=0;k<num_columns;k++){
   for (j=0;j<num_rows;j++){
       printf(".");
   }
 printf("\n");
 }

you'd have to replace the dot with something else later.