C# Exercise: 50 Triangle

This exercise in C# aims to develop a program that prompts the user for a symbol and a width, and then displays a decreasing triangle of the specified width, using the given symbol to form the lines of the triangle. The program will progressively reduce the number of symbols in each line to create a triangle pattern.



This exercise is excellent for reinforcing concepts of control structures like loops in C#, specifically for loops, which are used to iterate and control the output of the pattern. It is a practical activity for learning about string manipulation and structured output in the console, essential skills in programming with C#. This type of exercise also helps develop problem-solving skills involving pattern generation.

 Lesson

Basic Data Types

 Exercise

Triangle

 Objetive

Write a C# program that prompts for a symbol and a width, and displays a triangle of that width, using that number for the inner symbol, as in this example:

Enter a symbol: 4
Enter the desired width: 5

44444
4444
444
44
4

 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 a symbol
        Console.Write("Enter a symbol: ");
        char symbol = Console.ReadKey().KeyChar;  // Read the symbol input from the user
        Console.WriteLine();  // Move to the next line after the symbol input

        // Ask the user to enter the desired width for the triangle
        Console.Write("Enter the desired width: ");
        int width = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());  // Read the width and convert it to an integer

        // Loop to display the triangle
        for (int i = width; i > 0; i--)  // Start from the width and decrease until 1
        {
            // Inner loop to print the symbol 'i' times in each row
            for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)  // Repeat the symbol 'i' times
            {
                Console.Write(symbol);  // Print the symbol
            }
            Console.WriteLine();  // Move to the next line after printing the row
        }
    }
}

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