Thread: Teach Me: Fill a 2d array with loop commands

Thanks for entering my thread. I am in an intro to programming class. Unfortunately for me, my instructor didn't manage his time well enough so we are rushing through the C programming sections that prepare us for part 2 of the class.

My assignment is to fill a 2-dimensional array with the values 1 - 20 in reverse order (descending) with loop commands.

This was the first one I came up with.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>


main()
{
  int x;
  int y;
  int array[20][2]; 
  
  for ( x = 0; x < 20; x++ ) {
      array[x][1] = 20-x;
  }
  
  for ( x = 0; x < 20; x++ ) {
    printf( "%d", array[x][1] );    
    printf( "\n" );
  }
  
}

I made this next one with a nested loop. Also, this one doesn't have any empty array values like the previous one.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>


main()
{
  int x;
  int y;
  int array[10][2]; 
  
  for ( x = 0; x < 10; x++ ) 
  {
      for ( y = 0; y < 2; y++) 
      {
          array[x][y] = 20-(2*x+y);
      }
  }
  
  for ( x = 0; x < 10; x++ ) 
  {
      for ( y = 0; y < 2; y++) 
      {
        printf( "%d ", array[x][y] ); 
      }
    printf( "\n" );
  }
  
}

Am I on the right track?

It looks okay to me. Was the assignment specific about where the numbers go?

Yes, the first program is closer to what my instructor wants. There was an earlier assignment where we had to fill an array manually with the same numbers (1 to 20 in descending order).

So maybe the instructor wants 20 to 11 to go in the left column, and 10 to 1 in the right?

If that is right then I would say the right formula is 20 / (y + 1) - x