Question

How to generate a program in C++ that gives the output as follows - consider as dash.

----*
---***
--*****
-*******
*********

Answer 1

using a loop?

Answer 2

cout << "----*\n---***\n--*****\n-*******\n*********" << endl;

Answer 3

Use a for loop, or maybe a nestled for loop. You start with 4 underscores and decrement by one on each line. You add two asterisks on each line. Start the problem, post any further questions/problems you have.

Answer 4

You should use a loop

Answer 5

There are many ways to do this, one of them is to store the content of each line in array/vector of strings and then perform the following code:
copy(strTable.begin(), strTable.end(), ostream_iterator<string> (cout, "\n")) // vector version
or:
copy(strTable, strTable+size, ostream_iterator<string> (cout, "\n")) // array version -- you have to know how many elements you have

Answer 6

for (int i=0; i<5; i++) {
for (int j=0; j<4; j++) {
if (j < 4-i)
cout << "-";
else cout << "**";
}
cout << "*" << endl;
}

Answer 7

Well, I, for one, think that providing a ready-made program as an answer to a question like this is not very helpful. Being able to copy&paste is not a skill you want to instill.

Now, to the question itself:
1) Do you know how to output characters in C++?
2) Do you know how to use variables and loops?
3) What can you tell about the number of '-' and '*' characters in each row? How do they change?

If you can answer these questions, you should be able to write your own program. Good luck!

Answer 8

Wops... I agree...
I wrote it without actually thinking about it, but you're right.

Answer 9

u need to use for loop 3 times ,one for the space, one for the stars, and one for the rows

Answer 10

great, now try generating this:

|*----|
|-*---|
|--*--|
|---*-|
|----*|
|---*-|
|--*--|
|-*---|
|*----|
|-*---|
...