The Programming Challenge Master Thread - Page 2

dim as integer i, j, c, quit
dim as string s

s = command(1)

if val(s) > 0 then
    c = val(s)
else
    while quit = 0
        input "Enter a number:",s
            if val(s) > 0 then
                c = val(s)
                quit = 1
            end if
        sleep 1
    wend
end if

? "Value chosen was: " & c
?

for i = 1 to c
    for j = 1 to i
        ? "* ";
    next
    ?
next

for i = (c - 1) to 1 step -1
    for j = 1 to i
        ? "* ";
    next
    ?
next

stars.exe 5

*
* *
* * *
* * * *
* * * * *
* * * *
* * *
* *
*

#include<iostream>
#include<cstdlib>
using namespace std;

class A{
    public:
        void print();
        int n;
        int start;
};

void A::print(){

    int i, s;
    s = start;

    if(start == n){
        for(i = 0; i < n; i++){ cout << "*"; }
        cout << endl;
        return;
    }
    for(i = 0; i < s; i++){ cout << "*"; }
    cout << endl;
    start++;
    print();
    for(i = 0; i < s; i++){ cout << "*"; }
    cout << endl;

    return;
}


int main(int argc, char **argv){

    int n, i, j;
    A *a;

    if(argc != 2){
        cout << "Usage: asterisks number-of-asterisks" << endl;
        exit(1);
    }
    n = atoi(argv[1]);

    a = new A;
    a->n = n;
    a->start = 1;
    a->print();

    return 0;
}

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int count=5;
        
        for (int i=1;i<=count*2;i++) {
            if (i == count) {
            for (int j=0;j<count;j++)
                System.out.print("*");
            } else { 
                for (int j=0;j<(count-Math.max(count-i, i-count))%count;j++)
                System.out.print("*");
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

#include <iostream> 

using namespace std;

int main()
{
        int numberOfCarac = 5;
        int i, h;

        for(i = 0; i < numberOfCarac; i++)
        {
                for (h = 0; h < i; h++)
                {       
                        cout << "*";
                }
                cout << endl;
        }

        for(i = numberOfCarac; i > 0; i--)
        {
                for (h = i; h > 0; h--)
                {       
                        cout << "*";
                }
                cout << endl;
        }

        return 0;
}

static void Challenge1()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Enter Number");
    Int32 numOfAsterisks = Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
    Console.WriteLine();

    for (Int32 i = 1; i <= numOfAsterisks; i++)
    {
        for (Int32 t = 0; t < i; t++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("*");
        }

        Console.WriteLine();
    }

    for (Int32 i = (numOfAsterisks - 1); i >= 1; i++)
    {
        for (Int32 t = i; t > 0; t--)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("*");
        }
     
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv){
    int i,j; int step = 1; int star = 1;
    int count = 2*atoi(argv[1])-2;
    if(argc == 2){
        for(i = 0; i <= count; i++){
            for(j = 0; j < star; j++) printf("*");
            printf("\n");
            if(i == count/2) step = -step;
            star += step;
        }
    }
}

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class OCNChallenge
{
  
  
  
  
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    Scanner kbReader = new Scanner(System.in);
    
    System.out.print("Please enter the maximum amount of stars: ");
    int num = kbReader.nextInt();
    DrawStars draw = new DrawStars(num);
    draw.Draw();
    

  }
}

public class DrawStars
{
  
  public DrawStars(int a)
  {
    numstars=a;
     
  }
  
  
  public void Draw()
  {
    String s = "*";
    for(int i=0;i<numstars;i++)
    {
      for(int j=0;j<=i;j++)
        System.out.print(s);
      System.out.print("\n");
     
    }
    for(int k=0;k<numstars;k++)
    {  
      for(int l=(numstars-1);l>k;l--)
        System.out.print(s);
      System.out.print("\n");
    }
    
  }
  
  private int numstars;
 
}

NUMBER_OF_STARS = 5
i = 1
while i <= NUMBER_OF_STARS:
    print ('*' * i)
    i = i + 1
while i > 0:
    print ('*' * i)
    i = i - 1