C# Exercise: 62 Triangle, NorthEast

In this C# exercise, you are asked to write a program that prompts the user for a width and then displays a triangle where the base has the number of asterisks corresponding to the given width, and each row from top to bottom has a decreasing number of asterisks, preceded by underscores. For example, if the width is 5, the triangle will appear as follows:

**
**
__*
__
____

This exercise is great for practicing string manipulation and the use of loops in C#. Through this program, you will learn how to generate visual patterns using characters and control the number of spaces (represented by underscores) and asterisks in each row. The for loop will be an essential tool for creating the rows of the triangle and decreasing the number of asterisks as you move down the rows.

Such exercises help to improve your ability to work with loops and strings in C#, as well as enhance your logic for generating patterns and repetitive structures in the console.



 Lesson

Basic Data Types

 Exercise

Triangle, NorthEast

 Objetive

Write a C# program which asks for a width, and displays a triangle like this one:

Enter the desired width: 5

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

 Example Code

using System;  // Import the System namespace to use basic classes like Console

class Program  // Define the main class of the program
{
    static void Main()  // The entry point of the program
    {
        // Ask the user to enter the desired width of the triangle
        Console.Write("Enter the desired width: ");  // Display prompt for width input
        int width = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());  // Read the input as an integer

        // Loop through each row of the triangle
        for (int i = 0; i < width; i++)  // Loop through from 0 to (width-1)
        {
            // Print spaces before the asterisks
            for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)  // Loop through the number of spaces to print
            {
                Console.Write("_");  // Print an underscore for each space
            }

            // Print the asterisks
            for (int j = 0; j < (width - i); j++)  // Loop to print the asterisks in each row
            {
                Console.Write("*");  // Print an asterisk
            }

            // Move to the next line after each row
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
}


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