array help please

i'm trying to output a number of "*" for the number it corresponds to in an array e.g

Code:

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array[3]={1,2,3};
output:
1 |*
2 |**
3 |***

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ii'm getting a weird output 'm not sure but i think the error is here

Code:

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for(z_count=1; z_count<=nwords[y_count]; z_count++)

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here's my code:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
int main(void){
      int nwords[10]={1,2,3,4,5,0,0,0,0,0};
    int c, max, x, y_count, z_count;
   
    c = max = x = y_count = z_count = 0;
   
 
 for(x=1; x<=10; x++){
            printf("%3d |",x);
           
          //  for(y_count=0; y_count<10; y_count++){
                            for(z_count=1; z_count<=nwords[y_count]; z_count++){
                                          printf("*");
                           
                            }
          // }
            printf("\n    |");
            printf("\n");
    }       
   
    getch();
    return 0;
}

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The inner loop needs to to make use of variable x, rather than y_count.

it works when i used x like this

Code:

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for(z_count=1; z_count<=nwords[x-1]; z_count++)

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but now i don't understand why it works with x-1 and not y_count because there the same in value

The outer loop is iterating over x. So, x changes with each iteration of the outer loop. The value of y_count is always zero.

ohhhhh i see thanks