Thread: Making a pattern using void()

I am taking intro to c++ so this should be fairly simple for you c++ gurus. Here is an example of a program my professor wants me to write:

Enter number of lines: 4
Enter character: *

___*
__**
_***
****
(^ignore the underscores, the only way i know how to display it^)

This is what I have so far but I know i am wrong. Our professor gave us sort of a mini example so I tried my best to copy what he did but use what we are supposed to do, but i tried.

Code:

{
pattern void (pattern)
char ch;
int lines;
cout << "enter # of lines"
cin >>lines;
cout<< "Enter character"
cin >> ch;
for (intj=5; j>=5; ++j)
ch;
for (inti=lines; i<=lines; --lines)
}

Like I said, I KNOW i'm wrong and dont even know what the i, and j stand for :P. Point me in the right direction of more info and please help me as much as possible

Thanks in advance,
steve

Like I said, I KNOW i'm wrong and dont even know what the i, and j stand for

Did you learn the <iomanip> library yet?

Whoa. Back up. Start with learning what a for-loop is.

Learn it? ummm, kindof. He just says to put it at the top as one of the header files along with #include <iostream>. Thats pretty much it. and OH!, i know we have to use setw(). so yah......

And with the for loop, we just learned that like last week, so I know the basics of a for loop.

hmm, ok well......... so the way I have it is right? All i need to include is a setw()? Also, I DO use a for loop nested statement right. and with the setw(), would this go in one of the for statements or somewhere else?

Ok, thanks for your help, but the main thing that concerns me is creating the actual pattern. You dont have to create it for me obviously, but can you write me a little program which will do basically what I am asking except for the design. just a simple program like this:

enter # of lines: 3
enter character: !
!!!!!
!!!!!
!!!!!

If not, I understand, but where can I get more help with patterns and similar programs like the one just described.

I think this is just an exercise in writing for loops, no setw() or anything else involved

A for loop to count the number of lines, containing
- a for loop to print spaces
- a for loop to print stars

And that's it.
Just an exercise in counting, and using one for loop to control another.

What I am getting confused about is how do I declare spaces to be in the first loop and the character to be in the second loop?

I'm new to this whole for loop thing, hell, I'm new to programming in general

What I am getting confused about is how do I declare spaces to be in the first loop

cout<<" ";

and the character to be in the second loop?

cout<<ch;

Ok, i've been workin on this quite some time. I am literally standing at the doorway waiting for door to be unlocked. I almost have it but am missing something. Here is what I have:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

void pattern ()

{ 
char ch;
int column;
cout << "enter character";
cin >> ch;
cout << "enter # of lines";
cin >> column;
          for (int i=column; i> 1; --i)
	{
	cout << " " << setw(i-1); 
          for (int j=1; j<column; ++j)
	cout << ch;
	cout << endl;
	}
}
			

int main ()
{
        pattern ();
        return 0;
}

This program gives me the following output:
enter lines: 5
enter character: *
____****
___****
__****
_****
(^^ignore the _'s again^^)
Can someone point me in the direction of where to look at to see whats causing this problem. I believe I'm correct, but should the for statements go the other way around? Are the increments I'm doing right? Please help as much as you are able to

thanks
-steve