Triangle, NorthEast

Proposed exercise

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Write a program which asks for a width, and displays a triangle like this one:

Enter the desired width: 5

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Output

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Solution

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using System;
public class TriangleNorthEast
{
public static void Main()
{
int width, height;    
int row,column;   
int max;

Console.Write("Enter the desired width: ");
height = Convert.ToInt32( Console.ReadLine() );
width = 0;
max = height;

for (row = 0; row < height; row++)
{
for (column = 0; column < width; column++)
Console.Write(" ");

for (int asterisks = 0; asterisks < max; asterisks++)
Console.Write("*");

Console.WriteLine();
width++;
max--;
}
}
}