Troubleshooting: Looping / Discussion

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Minor Mistake

Crabsworth 06 Mar 2012 12:44

Very minor mistake in "breaking out of Loops" second set of code.

This code has StringConsole.Write when it should say Console.WriteLine

Re: Minor Mistake

rbwhitaker 24 Apr 2012 18:28

Great catch. Thanks!

Maximo (guest) 25 Jul 2012 08:42

Last task only works with " " space sign, but what if you want to achieve it in that way using "_" sing instead of " "?

_____*_____
____***____
___*****___
__*******__
_*********_
***********

Just use 3rd loop:

for (int row = 0; row < 6; row++)
{
    for (int spaces = 5 - row; spaces > 0; spaces--)
    {
        Console.Write("_");
    }
 
    for (int column = 0; column < (2 * row + 1); column++)
    {
        Console.Write("*");
    }
 
    for (int spaces = 5 - row; spaces > 0; spaces--)
    {
        Console.Write("_");
    }
 
    Console.WriteLine();
}

Last edited on 25 Jul 2012 21:20 by rbwhitaker Show more

rbwhitaker 25 Jul 2012 21:21

Great example. Yeah, in my code, I'm only printing out the leading spaces. I'm not concerned with making things square, and printing out the trailing spaces. But you're right, if you're not using spaces but something else, you'll need to do that. I haven't run your code through the compiler yet, but at first glance, it looks like it should do the job.

Thanks for the code sample!

lane (guest) 14 Dec 2012 06:53

I am totally not understanding the for loop 'test' at the of end Loops page.

rbwhitaker 16 Dec 2012 14:55

Hey, I can understand that. It's actually pretty complicated. Perhaps you can clarify what, specifically you're having trouble with. Is the description not good enough, or are you just having trouble writing the code to do it?

If you want, it may help to try to write the code for the earlier, similar challenges that I provide the code for. Just do it without looking at the code. See what you can do on your own. If you can pull those off, the last one (the actual test at the end) will be easier to pull off. And my version of the code is there to compare against.

Let me know if that helps, or if you're still having problems with it.

niall (guest) 17 Mar 2014 15:57

The 'for' loops are stumping me, I can't seem to understand them.