RE: [Dev-C++] nested loop

[Schedler, K. <Kur...@hi...>]

I have to wonder why you multiplied 9 times the asterisk character.  I can
only presume you thought that would give you nine asterisks in a row.  I
imagine that your code spit out a strange number and then hit an infinite
loop, continuously printing asterisks to the screen.
 
int main()
{
   int lines = 9;
   int stars;
 
   while (lines > 0)
   {
      stars = lines;
      while (stars > 0)
      {
         putchar('*');
         stars--;
      }
      putchar('\n');
      lines--;
   }
 
   return 0;
}
 
which gives this output:
 
*********
********
*******
******
*****
****
***
**
*



-----Original Message-----
From: Tre...@ao... [mailto:Tre...@ao...]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:35 AM
To: dev...@li...
Subject: [Dev-C++] nested loop


I have to write a program that uses a nested while loop in order to display 
lines of asterisks from 9 to 1.  Here is the code.....can anyone help me?  I

don't understand how to make this work. 
#include<iostream> 

int main() 
{ 
int asterisk = 9; 
int counter = 9; 
char ast = '*'; 

asterisk = (asterisk * ast); 

while (counter > 0) 
{ 
cout << asterisk << endl; 
counter = counter - 1; 
asterisk = asterisk - ast; 
while (asterisk > 0) 
{ 
cout << "*" << "" << endl; 
} 
} 

return 0; 
} 



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