Spiral Matrix

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace _19.SpiralMatrix
{
    class SpiralMatrix
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter a number for n: ");
            int n = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            int[,] matrix = new int[n, n];
            int row = 0;
            int col = 0;
            string direction = "right";
            int maxRotations = n * n;
            for (int i = 1; i <= maxRotations; i++)
            {
                if ((direction == "right") && (col > n - 1 || matrix[row, col] != 0))
                {
                    direction = "down";
                    col--;
                    row++;
                }
                if ((direction == "down") && (row > n - 1 || matrix[row, col] != 0))
                {
                    direction = "left";
                    row--;
                    col--;
                }
                if ((direction == "left") && (col < 0 || matrix[row, col] != 0))
                {
                    direction = "up";
                    col++;
                    row--;
                }
                if ((direction == "up") && (row < 0 || matrix[row, col] != 0) )
                {
                    direction = "right";
                    row++;
                    col++;
                }
                matrix[row, col] = i;
                if (direction == "right")
                {
                    col++;
                }
                if (direction == "down")
                {
                    row++;
                }
                if (direction == "left")
                {
                    col--;
                }
                if (direction == "up")
                {
                    row--;
                }
            }
            for (int r = 0; r < n; r++)
            {
                for (int c = 0; c < n; c++)
                {
                    Console.Write("{0, 4}", matrix[r, c]);
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
    }
}