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Triangle program

Muhammad Kashif (2)
Hi guys, I'm having trouble with this program.
Question is write a c++ program to draw and fill a triangle given three sides.
For some values, it works fine but for some, it doesn't. For example, if I enter 5, 6 & 9 it works fine but when I enter 6, 8 & 9 it doesn't work.

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int rows, columns;
double l,m,n, largest_side;

cout<<"Enter three sides: ";
cin>>l>>m>>n;
largest_side=l;
if(m>=largest_side)
{
largest_side=m;
rows=largest_side;
if(l>=n)
columns=n;
else
columns=l;
}
if(n>=largest_side)
{
largest_side=n;
rows=largest_side;
if(l>=m)
columns=m;
else
columns=l;
}
else
{
rows=largest_side;
if(n>=m)
columns=m;
else
columns=n;
}

char c=215;
cout<<endl;
for (int i=0;i<=rows;i++)
{
char c=215;
for(int space=1;space<=rows-i;space++)
{
cout<<" ";
}

for(int j=0;j<2*columns-i;j++)
{
if(i==rows)
{
h++;
}
}
for(int j=0;j<2*columns-i-h;j++)
{

cout<<"*";
}
cout<<endl;
}
return 0;
}

Last edited on
SamuelAdams (1535)
please use code tags
Muhammad Kashif (2)
SamuelAdams What?
Troaat (54)
@Muhammad Kashif
he's referring to those formats on the right (when you post something here)
and that you should use [ code ] (without spaces between the word and brackets), and then end the code with [ /code ] (also without the spaces), so that it can be more readable.
something like this:
[ code ]
code
more code
[ /code ]

you could press one of the buttons, and see what option it is (<> is the one for source code)
and so the result should look like this: (also indent the text if needed)
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#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    int rows, columns;
    double l,m,n, largest_side;
    cout<<"Enter three sides: ";
    cin>>l>>m>>n;
    largest_side=l;
    if(m>=largest_side)
    {
        largest_side=m;
        rows=largest_side;
        if(l>=n)
            columns=n;
        else
            columns=l;
    }
    if(n>=largest_side)
    {
        largest_side=n;
        rows=largest_side;
        if(l>=m)
            columns=m;
        else
            columns=l;
    }
    else 
    {
        rows=largest_side;
        if(n>=m)
            columns=m;
        else
            columns=n;
    }
    char c=215;
    cout<<endl;
    for (int i=0;i<=rows;i++)
    {
        char c=215;
        for(int space=1;space<=rows-i;space++)
        {
            cout<<" ";
        }
        for(int j=0;j<2*columns-i;j++)
        {	
            if(i==rows)	
            {	
                h++;
            }
        }
        for(int j=0;j<2*columns-i-h;j++)
        {
            cout<<"*"; 
        } 
        cout<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

Edit: also there's a "h++" around line 50, and it hasn't previously been declared. If you meant to type another letter there, it's for the best if you change it in the post then
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jonnin (11429)
h is used in the for loop too. But what is it?

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