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[autoclismo]

hi, i'm new at C :s

is there a way to print one char for n times without using for or similar?

thanks

[Gaminic]

Probably, but why would you? The definition of "for" is pretty much "a loop for when you want to repeat something n times".

If it's just a challenge, you could try recursion, but that's pretty silly for this thing.

[shadow123]

goto :D

int i = 0;

lab_start:
i++;
cout << c << endl;
if(i < 10)
  goto lab_start;

But that's a really dirty way to code program logic ;o)

[Gaminic]

That's a for loop without the actual keyword, you cheater!

[modoran]

int i = 10;
char *c = new char[i+1];
memset (c, 'a', i);
c[i] = '\0';
printf("%s", c);
delete c;

The requirement is to only "print" ...

[Cubbi]

Since this is a C++ forum, a couple of C++ approaches:

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
    int n = 10;
    char c = 'z';

    std::cout << std::string(n, c) << '\n';
}

or

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
int main()
{
    int n = 10;
    char c = 'z';

    fill_n(std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout), n, c);
    std::cout << '\n';
}