integers and char

[ksample23]

Im looking to write a program that will read a number input from the user between 1 and 30. After I get the input I want to print that number of stars and lines in this pattern.

Lets say the user inputs the number 3: (pattern should look like this)
*** *** ***
*** ***
*** *** ***

There should be 3 lines since the number input was 3 and 3 stars in each group.

Im having trouble converting the number input, to the stars and lines.

Any help?

[Tool]

2 for loops - nested, each looping the number of times in input.

The inner loop prints the *'s and the outer loop prints the ' '. (space).

[ksample23]

Thanks. Thats what I thought to do but wasn't sure. I'm still having trouble with the stars and spaces though. This is what I'm stuck on.....

Lets say the user enters the number 5....
How do output 5 *'s on the screen? (or 5 spaces)?

Also, is possible to use if or while loops for this instead of for loops? I know it would be more work but i was just wondering how that would work.

Thanks for the help though.

[ForzaItalia2006]

Lets say the user enters the number 5....
How do output 5 *'s on the screen? (or 5 spaces)?

By using loops whose loop-counter corresponds to your input. As said above, if you use a loop to print the characters you will print 5 characters if the user's input was 5, and 10 accordingly if the user input was 10. E.g.

int i;
for (i = 0; i < <user_input>; i++)
{
       print the character;
}

Also, is possible to use if or while loops for this instead of for loops?

you could transform each for loop into a while loop. But, I don't really know what you mean by IF. IF isn't a loop statement ...

- Andi -

[_Mike]

But, I don't really know what you mean by IF. IF isn't a loop statement ...

start_of_loop:
    // Do stuff
    if(condition) goto start_of_loop;

(And before anyone jumps at my throat, it was a joke)

[ForzaItalia2006]

(And before anyone jumps at my throat, it was a joke)

I shortly hesitated to list that example, but I completely feared the reactions

[_Mike]

And if you really want to risk people yelling at you for bad coding practices you could do a loop with SetThreadContext()