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11/22/11 at 7:19pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris++

Python here, went for simple to understand rather than fancy code, but it gets the job done.

Code:

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

Hmm weird, you don't have to declare variable types in python like int, char etc?

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11/22/11 at 7:23pm

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Just saw this thread and I'm currently in an intro to C++ and java class and would love to participate!

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11/22/11 at 7:51pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dman

Hmm weird, you don't have to declare variable types in python like int, char etc?

i havent' used python but I think it uses implicit variable declaration.

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11/22/11 at 7:54pm

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heres my code...it works! lol

Code:

void stars(int max){
         for(int x = 0; x <= max ; ++x){
                for(int j = 0; j < x; ++j)
                       cout << '*';
                 cout << endl;
          }
          for(int x = max - 1; x > 0; --x){
                   for(int j = 0; j < x; ++j)
                           cout << '*';
                   cout << endl;
          }
}

here it is working with a max of 40 stars

Edited by surfbumb - 11/22/11 at 8:18pm

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11/22/11 at 11:50pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dman

Hmm weird, you don't have to declare variable types in python like int, char etc?

Nope, Python's interpreter takes care of it based on the content and/or use of the variable, but make no mistake, they do in fact have a variable type.

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11/23/11 at 5:48am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris++

Nope, Python's interpreter takes care of it based on the content and/or use of the variable, but make no mistake, they do in fact have a variable type.

BASIC is the same way, lots of dialects don't require you to declare variable types.

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11/23/11 at 7:16am

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Perl (just because I haven't seen a Perl entry yet):

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

if (!$ARGV[0] =~ m/[0-9]+/) { die "Parameter must be an integer\n" }

my ($direction, $i) = qw(1 1);
do {
    for ($i; ($i <= $ARGV[0] && $direction == 1) || ($i > 0 && $direction == -1); $i += $direction) {
        printf "%s\n", "*"x$i;
    }
    $direction *= -1;
} while ($direction != 1)

edit: oops, outputted hashes rather than asterisks.

edit2: CLI version for instant gratification:

Code:

perl -e 'my ($d, $i) = qw(1 1); do {for ($i; ($i<=$ARGV[0] && $d==1) || ($i>0 && $d==-1); $i+=$d) {printf "%s\n", "*"x$i} $d*=-1} while ($d!=1)' 5

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11/23/11 at 9:51am

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Hmmm... Nice work guys!

I've checked most of your codes and they look fine by me. (I'll be going over them again now.)

I personally did the task twice, once in Java (it looked sort of like Aximous's code) and once in Python (it looked sort of like Chris++'s code : only uselessly longer since I couldn't concentrate due to lack of sleep

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Code:

n = int(raw_input("Enter the max number of stars: "))
count = 0
inversecount = (2*n)

while (count+1 <= n):
    print "*" * (count + 1)
    count = count + 1

while (inversecount-1 > n):
    print "*" * (inversecount-n-1)
    inversecount = inversecount - 1

But I have just one question to ask you people: What sort of format should we have as to what happens after the results? Should we have some point-based system with a record of how people performed or should we just use these challenges as exercises to sharpen our programming skills?

I do believe that those who are enthusiastic about programming will try these exercises and want to improve but do you guys think we should continue like this or bring something new in?

Thanks for the wonderful participation.

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11/23/11 at 10:30am

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You could make a simple spreadsheet with the name of those who are participating and the number of challenge the manage to make.

I do the challenge because it's a good way to practice. And it's fun to see what the other have done too.

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You could make a simple spreadsheet with the name of those who are participating and the number of challenge the manage to make.
I do the challenge because it's a good way to practice. And it's fun to see what the other have done too.

Good suggestion. I was thinking of doing that but wasn't sure if anyone else would want that.

I'll make the spreadsheet soon.

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