Display Checkerboard Pattern On Applet

Here is a program that is suppose to display a checkerboard on an applet as shown below but it is not.

/*
23.7 (Draw a Checkerboard Pattern) Write an applet that draws a checkerboard pattern as follows:

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import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
public class Exercise23_7 extends JApplet
{
// method paint to paint a checker board pattern
public void paint( Graphics g )

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