Re: Print triangle of star/blank inside the rectangle of char

Oliver Wong wrote:
<unixdomain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1175099209.326856.35070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,
I want to print a triangle, made of blanks or asterics inside a
rectangle made of alphabets.
It's as follows;
ABCDEFGFEDCBA
ABCEEF FEDCBA
ABCDE EDCBA
ABCD DCBA
ABC CBA
AB BA
A A

It has 7 rows and 13 columns. I tried to implement like this;
do {
if(j == rows) //int j=0, int row=1
for(int c=0;c<arr.length;c++) //char
arr[]={'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','F','E',.....};
if(c==maxCol) //int maxCol=6;
arr[c]=b; //char b = ' ';
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for(blank=0;blank<maxBlank;blank++)
arr[blank]=b;
maxBlank+=2;
maxCol--;
row++;
j++;
}while(j<=6);

Plz help.


I don't know about the others here, but I'd be more willing to help if you posted an SSCCE: http://mindprod.com/jgloss/sscce.html

Doesn't this question or one much like it hit the group every semester?

Hint to the OP: Not only should your code be a complete example (the code you presented will not compile), but it helps those who might help you to format the code you post to the group according to the Sun conventions or close to them.

If this is homework, don't expect people here to help you cheat. You can get help even in that case, by admitting that it's homework and presenting a complete example as Oliver suggested.

-- Lew
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