Creating patterns in C

[speedy94519]

Hello you guys, Would anyone like to give me suggestions on how to make a code for the following pattern? Please note that the numbers arent part of the pattern, they are just a guide for row and column.

*  *  *  *  *  # # #          1
*  *  *  *  # # # #          2             [B] ROW  [/B] 
*  *  *  # # # # #          3

1  2  3  4  5  6 7 8  
     [B]COL[/B]

Its a 3 x 8 box, the sides represents the rows and the top part of the pattern is the columns. I tried doing the folowing code but it didnt work:

let i =row and j=column

for (i=1; i <= 3; ++i) {
     for (j=5; j >= 1; --j) {
        printf("*");
    }
     for( j=4;j <= 8;++i) {
       printf("#");
     }

Any suggestions????

[mrnutty]

* * * * * # # # 1
* * * * # # # # 2 ROW 
* * * # # # # # 3

realize that there are 5 '*' the 4 '*' then 3 '*' after each line.
On the other side, there are 3 '#', then 4 '#' then 5 '#'.

What does this tell you about where to start and end for each symbols.

[speedy94519]

* * * * * # # # 1
* * * * # # # # 2 ROW 
* * * # # # # # 3

realize that there are 5 '*' the 4 '*' then 3 '*' after each line.
On the other side, there are 3 '#', then 4 '#' then 5 '#'.

What does this tell you about where to start and end for each symbols.

It means that i should start from column 5 and somehow subtract 1 until i get to column 3 but at the same time it should go from row 1 to row 3. For the right side it would be similar but the column should start at 6th column (3'#') and end at the 4th column. But in both cases row is:
for (row=1;row <= 3;row++) right?? So should i have two nested loops inside the general loop that will determine the iterations of the program??

[mrnutty]

So by now you should know that you need nested loop, right?
since there are 3 rows, your outer loop should go up to 3.

Now for your nested loop. What you can have is have 2 for loop inside the
first loop. One loop prints out '*' starting from 5 to 3 and Another loop
starting from 3 to 5 that prints out '#'.

Here is what your for loop might look like :

const int N_ROW = 3;
for(int i = 0; i < N_ROW; i++) 
{
    for(int j = 5; j > =3 ; --j){ /*do something here */ }
    for(int k = 3; k <= 5; k++) { /*do something here */ }
  
    cout << endl; //because its the end of the row
}