I have written following coding to produce a triangle pattern(see below); I now want to produce following paterns I can't figer this out
(a) (b) (c) (d) diamond * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ______________________________________________ #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w my $num_rows; my $i; my $r; $num_rows = <STDIN>; for ($r = 1; $r <= $num_rows; $r++) { # indent by printing num_rows - r spaces for ($i = 1; $i <= $num_rows - $r; $i++) {print (" \n");} # print r asterisks for ($i=1; $i<= $r; $i++) { print (" *");} # drop cursor to a new line print "\n"; } # end for ------------------------------------- unxsup:/home/bruce$ perl triangle.pl 5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Cheer Bruce -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]