/* Take input from the user and ask user to choose 0 for triangular star pattern and 1 for reverse triangular pattern
Then print the pattern accordingly
*
**
***
****
***** → triangular star pattern
*****
****
***
**
* → Reversed triangular star pattern */
#include <stdio.h>
void starPattern(int rows)
{
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
{
printf("*");
}
printf("\n");
}
}
void revStarPattern(int rows)
{
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j <= rows - i - 1; j++)
{
printf("*");
}
printf("\n");
}
}
int main()
{
int rows, type;
printf("type 0 - star pattern \n type 1 - reverse star pattern :");
scanf("%d", &type);
printf("\nHow many rows do you want ? :");
scanf("%d\n", &rows);
if (type == 0)
{
starPattern(rows);
}
else if (type == 1)
{
revStarPattern(rows);
}
else
{
printf("You have entered an invalid choice");
}
return 0;
} // Writing the reverse star code like this also works
// void revStarPattern(int rows)
//{
// for (int i = rows-1; i >= 0; i--)
// {
// for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
// {
// printf("*");
// }
//
// printf("\n");
// }
//}