Centered triangle Learn programming Visual Basic (VB.net)

Lesson:

Arrays, Structures and Strings


Exercise:

Centered triangle


Objetive:

Display a centered triangle from a string entered by the user:

__a__
_uan_
Juan


Code:

Imports System
Public Class exercise85
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim name As String
        Console.Write("Enter your name: ")
        name = Console.ReadLine()
        If name.Length Mod 2 = 0 Then name += " "
        Dim position As Integer = name.Length / 2
        Dim maxRows As Integer = name.Length / 2 + 1
        Dim amount As Integer = 1

        For i As Integer = 0 To maxRows - 1

            For j As Integer = 0 To position - 1
                Console.Write(" ")
            Next

            Console.WriteLine(name.Substring(position, amount))
            position -= 1
            amount += 2
        Next
    End Sub
End Class

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