total newb question-loops

[cjsmith22]

total newbie question try your best not to laugh too hard! doing a module in C next term at school - only started a few nights ago and already trying to use loops is doing my head in. I must just not have the brain for it.
anyway - how would you get it to print out the following:
enter a number (eg. 5)
1
12
123
1234
12345 etc. etc (up to what ever number the user types in)




i told you not to laugh.
thanks in advance
chris

[redhead]

You need to think of nested loops, one loop running teh desired number of times for the rows you want to print, and one within running the required number of times, for the accepted columns.

hmmm.. lets see, I'll try to do this without testing..

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define LENGTH 8 /* only upto 8 digit numbers accepted */
int main()
{
  char temp[LENGTH +1];
  int count = 0, i, j;
  printf("Input desired run: ");
  fflush(stdout);
  if(!fgets(temp, LENGTH, stdin)){
    printf("Error reading user input\n");
    return -1;
  }
  if(0 >= (count = atoi(temp))){
    printf("Error given number is unaccepted\n");
    return -1;
  }
  for(i = 0; i <= count; ++i)
    {
      for(j = 1; j <= i; ++j)
        printf("%d", j);
      printf("\n");
    }
  return 0;
}

[cjsmith22]

thanks redhead - prob solved