Help with for loop pattern

[Bass581]

hi can anyone help me convert this for loop to show this pattern but instead going the other way?


mmmmmm
mmmmm
mmmm
mmm
mm
m

[code]
for (i = 1; i <= num; i++)
{
for (j = num; j >= i; j--)
{
cout << ch; // displays pattern
}
cout << endl;

[wildblue]

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by going the other way. If you need blank spaces to print out before the character in the pattern, you can set up an if... else statement in the inner for loop (that controls the column being printed).

[DennisNL]

I'm not sure whether this is what you mean, but this program outputs the following:

mmmmmmm
mmmmmm
mmmmm
mmmm
mmm
mm
m

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main(){
	
	string what = "m";
	int start = 7;
	int y;

	for (int x = start; x > 0; --x){
		y = 0; 
		while (y != x){
			cout << what;
			++y;
		}
		cout << endl;
	}
	return 0;
}