程序题——打印空心正方形

请以尽量高效的方法用”*”打印出一个空心正方形,num为边长

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int x,y,num;
    printf("please input the num:\n");
    scanf("%d",&num);

    for(x = 0; x < num; x++)
    {
        for(y = 0 ; y < num; y++)
    {
        if(x == 0 || y == 0 || x == num - 1 || y == num - 1)
        {
            printf("* ");
        }
        else
        {
            printf("  ");
        }
    }
    printf("\n");
    }

    return 0;
}