Need Help With Simple Iteration Program

I have been asked to write a program that creates the following pattern without simply printing this sequentially :

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


So far this is my code but it doesn't work. I am meant to use either a for loop or a while loop.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
        int i;
        int max;

        scanf("%d%c", &max);

        while(max <= 10)
        {
                for(i = 1; i < max; i++)
                {
                        printf("%d\n", i);
                        max--;
                        printf("%d\n", i);
                }
        }
       
        return(0);
}

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Can anyone help me?

Why are you comparing max to 10, when max is decreasing?

You probably don't want to decrease max INSIDE your inner loop.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
        int i;
        int max;

        scanf("%d%*c", &max);

                for(i = 1; i < max; i++)
                {
                        printf("%d", i);
                }

                return(0);
}

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I have refined it to this which gives me the first line of the question.

Can anybody tell me how to repeat it so that i obtain the pattern in the question?

You modify the loop you had, not remove it altogether!

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
        int i;
        int max;

        scanf("%d%*c", &max);

        while(max <= 10 && max >=2)
        {
                for(i = 1; i < max; i++)
                {
                        printf("%d", i);
                }
               
                printf("%d\n");
                max--;
        }               
       
        return(0);
}

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This gives me the right answer except it produces a 0 at the end of each line.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
        int i;
        int max = 10;

        while(max <= 10 && max >=2)
        {
                for(i = 1; i < max; i++)
                {
                        printf("%d", i);
                }
                printf("\n");
                max--;
        }               
        return(0);
}

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This is my final code which produces the right result. Can anyone tell me if it looks ok? and if there is anything i need to modify. Cheers.

It seems OK to me.

One small nit is that the () around return 0 are redundant.

Whole code is working fine.....
And Salem, does this () really matters in output???
I don't think so...... And program shouldn't give 0 in the end....
I made a dry run of this program and it's working nice....