Thread: Reflection?

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    Reflection?

    Hey guys! I'm new to the board and I have a question. For the particular problem, it looks like I have to find out how to reflect the following pattern. I understand how to produce the pattern, but not the reflection of it. Any help would be appreciated.

    int i, n;
    for (i=1; i <=10; i++)
    {
    for (n=1; n<=i; n++)
    cout << '*';
    cout << endl;
    }
    Using that fragment how would I get the reflection of it?


    Thanks

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    Reflect it so it would look like this:

    Code:
             *
            **
           ***
          ****
         *****
        ******
       *******
      ********
     *********
    **********
    ? is that what you mean?

    If so, think about it. The first line has 9 spaces (hmm...1 less than total amount of lines!) followed by an asterisk. The next has 8 and 2 asterisks. The next: 7 spaces, 3 asterisks. Try to follow that pattern.
    Last edited by Lurker; 05-08-2004 at 12:57 PM.
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    Yeah, that's the way it should look. I sorta see what your talking about. I'm not sure though how to do it. (Forgive me, I've only been taking C++ for a short time now )

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    Ok, there's always 10 characters. you store the amount of asterisks. so, for each line print 10-[amount of asterisks] spaces, followed by [amount of asterixes] asterisks.

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    OK I see. thanks.

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