Re: [Dev-C++] nested loop

[<Tre...@ao...>]

Thank you for your help  :)  I am now trying to reverse the pattern and I am 
getting an infinite loop.....can you see what is wrong.....it looks fine to 
me.

#include<iostream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;


int main()

{
   int pattern = 0;
   int lines = 0;
   int stars;

   cout << "Enter 1 for pattern1 or 2 for pattern2: " << endl;
   cin >> pattern;

   if (pattern == 1)
   {
      lines = 9;
      while (lines > 0)
      {
        stars = lines;
      while (stars > 0)
      {
        putchar('*');
        stars--;
      }
      putchar('\n');
      lines--;
      }
       
   }
   else if (pattern == 2)
   {
      lines = 9;
      stars = 1;
      while (lines > 0)
   {
        putchar('*');
        stars++;
          
      while (stars < 10)
      {
        putchar('\n');
        lines--;
      }
     
   } 
       
   } //end if

return 0;
}