Right angle triangle star pattern in C++ using while loops - c++

Question

I want a pattern in which for n=4 in 1st row it has 4 stars and in 2nd row I has 1 space & 3 stars and in 3rd row, it has 2 spaces and 2 stars and so on.
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The code, I tried to solve this.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin >> n;
cout << endl;
int i = 1;
while (i <= n)
{
//Printing Spaces
int space = i - 1;
while (space)
{
cout << " ";
space++;
}
//Printing Stars
int j = 1;
while (j <= n)
{
cout << "*";
j++;
}
cout << endl;
i++;
}
return 0;
}

Answer 1

In your while (space) loop you aren't comparing space to anything, so it assumes that the expression is always true.
Here's a simplified way to do it:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin >> n;
cout << endl;
int i = 1;
while (i <= n)
{
// print i-1 spaces
for (int j = i-1; j >= 1; j--)
{
cout << " ";
}
// print n-i+1 stars
for (int j = n; j >= i; j--){
cout << "*";
}
cout << endl;
i++;
}
return 0;
}

Answer 2

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin >> n;
cout << endl;
int i = 1;
while (i <= n)
{
int space = i - 1;
while (space>=1) // change 1.1
{
cout << " ";
space--; // change 1.2
}
int j = i; // change2
while (j <= n)
{
cout << "*";
j++;
}
cout << endl;
i++;
}
return 0;
}
I made only 2 changes in your code so it can work.
1st one
while (space>=1)
what you are doing is you are trying to add space in output so you add space variable in while() loop but that's not going to work because you have to decide first how many spaces you have to print according to that you have to put condition in while() loop. To achieve this space--; added .
For ex. line 4 i=4; space want 3, so space=3; while(space>=1); space--; so while loop runs 3 time and print 3 gaps/spaces.
2nd one
int j = i;
while (j <= n)
if you put j=1; then your gaps print properly but all stars print 4 times as loop runs 4 times always. Due to this condition for i=1; But if you make j=i;
loop runs 4 times for 1st line, 3 times for 2nd line,.....