C++ program that makes an equilateral triangle using stars??????

Question

i tried my best bu ti could not find the right answer fo r that question..
i want to write a c++ programm that will print the following on the console:
*
***
*****
it should have the equilateral triangle pattren
please help me????????/

Additional Details

i tried your progrm <jman> well,it didn't have the equilateral triangle pattren

Answer 1

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See my code below for a C++ solution to the problem. Only one 'for' loop is needed, if you take advantage of what iomanip can do for you. If you consider the spaces between the lines as contributing a unit of length, then it's an equilateral triangle. Otherwise, it's isosceles.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cstdio>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int n;
const char star('*');
const char space(' ');

if ((argc < 2) || (sscanf(argv[1],"%d",&n) != 1)) {
cout << "usage : " << argv[0] << " <n>" << endl;
cout << " where n is an integer" << endl;
return -1;
}
n = abs(n);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cout << setfill(space) << setw(n-i) << space;
cout << setfill(star) << setw(i*2+1) << star << endl;
}
return 0;
}

Answer 2

You are right, the previous code didnt work....didnt test it before i wrote it. Here is some revised code

for (i=0; i<6; i++)
{
if (i mod 2 = 0)
{
for (n = 0; n < i +1; i++)
{print ("*");}
}
print line method
}

I tested this in vb.net and it gave me the exact printout you have above. I just took out the not equals and updated the second loop to have a different index variable.....the two i's wont work well. Update the code you tried and it will work.

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your momma

Answer 3

It looks like you want to print an extra 2 stars every line. Based on that, the following works, where lines is the number of lines you want to print.

#include <iostream>
int main() {
int lines = 3;

for(int i = 0; i < lines; i++) {
for(int j = 0; j < (2*i+1); j++) {
std::cout << '*';
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
}