Thread: Nested Loop help

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    Nested Loop help

    hello everyone,

    I am trying to achieve a nested loop to post the following on the prompt:

    1
    2 4
    1 3 5
    2 4 6 8
    1 3 5 7 9
    2 4 6 8 10 12

    I have been told I must use a modulus to achieve this but I am struggling.

    I must use the following format, for e.g I completed this code:

    Code:
    
    
    Code:
      for(i = 9; i >= 1; i-=2)  
      {
        for(j = 1; j <= i; j+=2) 
        {
          printf("%hd " , j);
        }
      printf("\n");
    }
    to achieve this:

    1 3 5 7 9
    1 3 5 7
    1 3 5
    1 3
    1

    so I am unsure where to add the modulus to to the other nested loop, any help would be appreciated.

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    You've got six lines. Then on each line you've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 values.

    So that bit is easy. Your skeleton is

    Code:
    for (i=0; i < 6; i++)
    {
       for (j = 0; j < 6; j++)
       {
          x = // fill here, x is based on i and j
       }
       printf("\n");
    }
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    How do I achieve the different values on every line?

    1
    2 4
    1 3 5
    2 4 6 8
    1 3 5 7 9
    2 4 6 8 10 12

    I know how to do it if it was just 1, 1 3 5, 1 3 5 7 9. But how do I work out two different sets of value in the same code. Thanks.

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    Code:
    1
    2 4
    1 3 5
    2 4 6 8
    1 3 5 7 9
    2 4 6 8 10 12
    If you can not figure out how to do the above try doing

    Code:
    1
    1 3
    1 3 5
    1 3 5 7
    1 3 5 7 9
    1 3 5 7 9 11
    Then look up what !0 equals.

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    I have worked out something similar such as

    Code:
    printf("\n\n");
    
    
      for(i = 2; i <= 10; i+=2)  
      {
        for(j = 2; j <= i; j+=2) 
        {
          printf("%hd " , j);
        }
      printf("\n");
    }
    for

    2
    2 4
    2 4 6
    2 4 6 8
    2 4 6 8 10

    but i am still confused on how to add different lines of numbers in between each other but still in a similar pattern using similar to code that i have used above.

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    Code:
      for(i = 2; i <= 10; i+=2)  
      {
        printf("Row start = %d\n", i % 2 );
        for(j = 2; j <= i; j+=2) 
        {
          printf("%hd " , j);
        }
      printf("\n");
    }
    From this, can you figure out an expression that gives you 1,2,1,2,1,2,....
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