A little table

[Zincott]

I'm making a table with 10 columns and 5 rows. I know one way to do this:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    cout << "  ";
    for (int numrow=1; numrow<=10; numrow++) {
        cout << "    " << numrow;
        if (numrow == 10) {
            cout << "\nA";
        }
        else {
            continue;
            }
            for (int Arow=1; Arow<=11; Arow++) {
                cout << "  |  ";
                if (Arow == 11) {
                    cout << "\n\nB";
                }
                else {
                    continue;
                    }
                    for (int Brow=1; Brow<=11; Brow++) {
                        cout << "  |  ";
                    }
            }
    }
    return 0;
}

But this way is quite painful and l o n g, and the amount of rows/columns isn't easily editable, and as you can see, I am only on two rows. I am also getting hung up on a lot of missing brackets and stuff when I'm ABSOLUTELY sure I don't need to be.

I'm pretty sure the better solution requires only two nested for loops, but don't give me the answer please...just hints...unless I'm doomed (in that case I will let you all know).

[o3hC5Di1]

Think about a table in this way:

A table consists of rows, rows consist of cells. (These cells form columns).
You can only output data sequentially (ie, you can not output a column, and then put another one next to it, only beneath it).

So you write a table line per line (row per row).

So you will have to tune a row-loop 5 times, and within that loop, you will do another loop that prints the amount of cells you want in each row.

Hope that helps.

All the best,
NwN

[Zincott]

That's enlightening, I'll work on it based on what you told me...

[Zincott]

Okay, I got it!

# include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    cout << " ";
    for (int TopRow = 1; TopRow <=10; TopRow++) {
        cout << "    " << TopRow;
    }
    cout << "\n";
    char LetRow = 'A';
    for (int NextRow = 1; NextRow <=10; NextRow++) {
        cout << LetRow;
        LetRow++;
        for (int SubRow = 1; SubRow <=11; SubRow++) {
            cout << " |   ";
        }
        cout << "\n\n";
    }
}

~Solved~