How to loop chars (*)

[mikstur]

Hey guys!

I am brand new to c++ programming and found a site on google: http://issc.uj.ac.za/appliedmaths/excpp.html for some beginner c++ exercises, i know this site has some too but i figured do them all :).

So im starting problem 1 and I know how to loop integers using the for loop but i dont know how to loop stuff like an asterisk (*) or characters. If anyone could help me out or lead me to a page that could help.

Thanks alot :)

[CuddleBunniezzz12]

When starting out with C++, you'll find out that your answer to your problems are actually a lot simpler than you think they are.

How you would do it would be like this:

int count = 1;

// while count is 8 or lower
while (count <= 8) {

    // send out the asterisks
    for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
        cout << "*";
    }
    
    // send out a new line
    cout << "\n";
    
    // increase the count
    count++;
}

There are many ways to answer to this solution, this is just one of the more simpler ones.

[jwC5fSEw]

Durrr I didn't really read the original post so this isn't valid

[CuddleBunniezzz12]

Shadow Addict, no offense, but did you even check the link that he got this programming exercise from?

It said to create a program that gave this output:

*
**
***
****
*****
******
*******
********

[mikstur]

Thanks for the reply's.

Yeh i kind of get it now, im just gonna play around with it abit, now that i have a general idea and read on some tuts aswell. Thanks plenty :)

[jwC5fSEw]

... No I didn't. I got ahead of myself, sorry for the dumb reply!