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  1. #1
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    Pascal's Triangle Using For Loops

    Ok, so this is what i have...

    When i build it I just get a vertical line of 1's. There are no variables the task is straight forward. We have to make a program the when executed displays the first 10 rows. I'm not good at this and im also not looking for someone to write the program for me I just need advice as I can't find the problem. I think I can do the formatting the output by myself but I'd like to get it to output the right stuff first.

    Thanks in advance



    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <iomanip>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    void main ()
    
    {
    		// Define variables
    
             int n;         // "n things"
             int k;         // "k times"
             int K;			// Used to help calculate factorial
    		 int N;			// Used to help calculate factorial
             int a;			// "n - k" renamed
    		 int A;			// Used to help calculate factorial
    		 int number;	// Final output number
            
    
    
    		 
    		// For Loops to calculate factorials
    
    		for (n = 0; n <= 10; n+= 1)
             {         
                 
    
    			for (k = 0; k <= n; k += 1)
                     { 
    					 if (n = 0 || 1)
    						 N = 1;
    					else	
    					 {
    					 N = n;
    					 
    					 for (n = n; n > 1; n--)
    						 N = N * (n-1);
    					 }
    							
    					 
    					 
    					 if (k = 0 || 1)
    						 K = 1;
    					else
    					 {
    						 K = k;
    							
    					 for (k = k; k > 1; k = k - 1)
    						 K = K * (k-1);
    					 }
    
    					
    					 
    					 a = n - k;
    					
    					 if (a = 0 || 1)
    						A = 1;
    					else
    					{
    						A = a;
    
    					for (a = a; a > 1; a = a - 1)
    						A = A * (a-1);
    					 }
    
    					number = N / (K * A);
    
    					cout << number << endl;}
             // Output
    
             
    
    		 
    			}}

  2. #2
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    Re: Pascal's Triangle Using For Loops

    Take a look at this statement...several more like it in your code...this should have kicked up a warning when you compiled...you are assigning (NOT comparing) the value of "0" ZERO to "n" within an if statement.

    Code:
    if (n = 0 || 1)
    Last edited by Vanaj; October 20th, 2009 at 03:27 PM.
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  3. #3
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    Lightbulb Re: Pascal's Triangle Using For Loops

    Hey i learnt and tried to implement pascal triangle. It may not be perfect but it works great.

    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;

    int main()
    {
    int rows, rows2, space;
    cout<<"\n Enter the no.of rows to be displyed in the pascal triangle\t";
    cin>>rows;
    rows2= rows;
    //int a[][] = new int [rows][rows];
    int a[15][15];
    int i=0,j=0;

    if (rows ==1)
    {
    a[i][j]=1;
    cout<<"\n" <<a[i][j];

    }
    else if (rows == 2)
    {
    a[i][j]=1;
    cout<<"\n"<<"\t" << a[i][j];
    i++;
    a[i][j]=a[i][j+1]=1;
    cout<<"\n" <<a[i][j] <<"\t\t" << a[i][j+1] ;

    }
    else
    {
    a[i][j]=1;
    cout<<"\n";
    for (space =1; space <= rows2; space ++)
    cout<<"\t";
    cout<< a[i][j];
    i++; rows2--;

    a[i][j]=a[i][j+1]=1;
    cout<<"\n";
    for (space =1; space <= rows2; space ++)
    cout<<"\t";
    cout<<a[i][j] <<"\t\t" << a[i][j+1] ;
    rows2--;
    //cout<<rows2;

    for (i=2;i<rows;i++)
    {
    cout<<"\n";
    for (space =1; space <= rows2; space ++)
    cout<<"\t";
    rows2--;

    for (j=0;j<=i;j++)
    {
    if ( j==0)
    {
    a[i][j]=1;

    }
    else if ( i==j)
    {
    a[i][j]= 1;

    }
    else
    a[i][j] = a[i-1][j-1] + a[i-1][j];

    cout<< a[i][j]<<"\t\t" ;

    }
    }
    }

    int stop;
    cout<<"\n";
    cin>>stop;
    return 0;

    }

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