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Created August 10, 2012 19:09
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Prints the triforce
/*
*
* Triforce
* By: Aaron
* Started: August 10, 2012
*
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void printc( long count, char sym );
void printc( long count, char sym ) {
long counter;
for( counter = 0; counter < count; counter++ ) {
putchar( sym );
}
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
long base, tbase, counter, tlimit, spacecounter, starcounter, ispaces, stars=-1, ospaces;
if( argc != 2 ) {
exit(1);
}
if( sscanf( argv[1], "%ld", &base ) != 1 ) {
exit(1);
}
if( base < 7 ) {
exit(1);
}
if( base % 2 == 0 ) {
base--;
}
if( ((base--)/2) % 2 == 0 ) {
base += 2;
}
ospaces=(base--)/2;
tbase=ospaces;
tlimit=(tbase++)/2;
for( counter=0; counter < ospaces; counter++ ) {
printc( ospaces, ' ' );
stars += 2;
printc( stars, '*' );
printf("\n");
ospaces--;
}
ispaces=stars;
stars=-1;
while( (ospaces >= 0) && (ispaces >= 1) ) {
printc( ospaces, ' ' );
ospaces--;
stars += 2;
printc( stars, '*' );
printc( ispaces, ' ' );
ispaces -= 2;
printc( stars, '*' );
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}
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