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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define NUMCOLS 7
#define NUMROWS 4
void initDiagonal( int nrows, int ncols, int x[nrows][ncols] );
{
int r, c;
for ( r=0; r<nrows; r++ )
for ( c=r+1; c<ncols; c++ )
if ( r==c )
x[r][c] = 0;
else if ( r>c )
x[r][c] = 1;
else
x[r][c] = -1;
}