diff --git a/to_zigzag.cpp b/to_zigzag.cpp
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+#include <iostream> 
+using namespace std; 
+#define C 4            //change C(number of columns in matrix) according to your input matrix 
+
+void zigZagMat(int arr[][C], int n, int m) 
+{
+	int row = 0, col = 0; 
+	bool row_inc = 0; 
+
+  // Print matrix of lower half zig-zag pattern 
+	int mn = min(m, n); 
+	for (int len = 1; len <= mn; ++len) { 
+		for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) { 
+			cout << arr[row][col] << " "; 
+
+			if (i + 1 == len) 
+				break; 
+			if (row_inc) 
+				++row, --col; 
+			else
+				--row, ++col; 
+		} 
+
+		if (len == mn) 
+			break; 
+
+		// Update row or col value according 
+		// to the last increment 
+		if (row_inc) 
+			++row, row_inc = false; 
+		else
+			++col, row_inc = true; 
+	} 
+
+	// Update the indexes of row and col variable 
+	if (row == 0) { 
+		if (col == m - 1) 
+			++row; 
+		else
+			++col; 
+		row_inc = 1; 
+	} 
+	else { 
+		if (row == n - 1) 
+			++col; 
+		else
+			++row; 
+		row_inc = 0; 
+	} 
+
+	// Print the next half zig-zag pattern 
+	int MAX = max(m, n) - 1; 
+	for (int len, diag = MAX; diag > 0; --diag) { 
+
+		if (diag > mn) 
+			len = mn; 
+		else
+			len = diag; 
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) { 
+			cout << arr[row][col] << " "; 
+
+			if (i + 1 == len) 
+				break; 
+
+			// Update row or col value according 
+			// to the last increment 
+			if (row_inc) 
+				++row, --col; 
+			else
+				++col, --row; 
+		} 
+
+		// Update the indexes of row and col variable 
+		if (row == 0 || col == m - 1) { 
+			if (col == m - 1) 
+				++row; 
+			else
+				++col; 
+
+			row_inc = true; 
+		} 
+
+		else if (col == 0 || row == n - 1) { 
+			if (row == n - 1) 
+				++col; 
+			else
+				++row; 
+
+			row_inc = false; 
+		} 
+	} 
+} 
+
+int main() 
+{ 
+	int m[][4] = { { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, 
+						{ 5, 6, 7, 8 }, 
+						{ 9, 10, 11, 12},
+            {13, 14, 15, 16}}; 
+	zigZagMat(m, 4, 4); 
+	return 0; 
+}