Okay...
Of course there are many ways to do itCode:int widthOfAnythingElse = 0, widthOfLine = 0, stars = 0; /* I want a line width of 10 in total, with 3 stars */ stars = 3; widthOfLine = 10; widthOfAnythingElse = widthOfLine - stars; for(i = 0; i < widthOfAnythingElse; i++) { putchar(' '); } for(i = 0; i < stars; i++) { putchar('*'); } putchar('\n');