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    drawing a shape with shell script

    I'm trying to draw a tree in the following form

    Code:
        *    
       ***
      *****
     *******
    *********
    as you can see I need both spaces, and "*" stars in every line, but I can't get it quite the way I want
    Code:
    #!/bin/bash
    
    display_tree() {
    	local rows=$1
    	local columns=$2
    
    	for ((i=0; i<$rows; i++))
    	do
    		#spaces loop
    		for ((j=0; j<$columns; j++))
    		do
    			echo -n " "
    			#drawing tree loop
    			for ((a=0; a<$(($i + 1)); a++))
    			do
    				echo -n "*"
    			done
    		done
    	echo 
    	done
    }
    
    if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
    	display_tree $1 $2
    else
    	echo "Usage: $0 rows columns"
    fi
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    Re: drawing a shape with shell script

    Code:
    $ n=6; row="";
    $ for(( i=0; i<n; i++ )); do row="$row "; done; row="${row%?}*"; for(( i=0; i<n; i++ )); do echo "$row"; row="${row#?}**"; done
         *
        ***
       *****
      *******
     *********
    ***********
    Last edited by Vaphell; November 16th, 2012 at 01:56 AM.
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    Re: drawing a shape with shell script

    Quote Originally Posted by Vaphell View Post
    Code:
    $ n=6; row="";
    $ for(( i=0; i<n; i++ )); do row="$row "; done; row="${row%?}*"; for(( i=0; i<n; i++ )); do echo "$row"; row="${row#?}**"; done
         *
        ***
       *****
      *******
     *********
    ***********
    great job!.. would you mind explaining this two sentences

    Code:
    row="${row%?}*"
    row="${row#?}**"
    I know it is a variable declaration, but what's on the right side of "=" sign I haven't seen it yet
    Last edited by Mia_tech; November 16th, 2012 at 02:14 AM.
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    Re: drawing a shape with shell script

    Code:
    $ x="abcd"
    $ echo ${x#?} ${x%?}
    bcd abc
    these parameter expansions trim chunks that match given pattern from the left (#) and from the right (%). ? symbol used here means 'single character'


    first loop generates n spaces long string.
    ${row%?}* trims the rightmost char and adds * (last space replaced by *)
    i get 1st row that way

    note that (n+1)-th row has -1 space and +2 stars when compared to n-th row so in each iteration of the second loop i kill one space on the left, and add 2 *s on the right: ${row#?}**
    Last edited by Vaphell; November 16th, 2012 at 02:18 AM.
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    Re: drawing a shape with shell script

    Quote Originally Posted by Vaphell View Post
    Code:
    $ x="abcd"
    $ echo ${x#?} ${x%?}
    bcd abc
    these parameter expansions trim chunks that match given pattern from the left (#) and from the right (%). ? symbol used here means 'single character'


    first loop generates n spaces long string.
    ${row%?}* trims the rightmost char and adds * (last space replaced by *)
    i get 1st row that way

    note that (n+1)-th row has -1 space and +2 stars when compared to n-th row so in each iteration of the second loop i kill one space on the left, and add 2 *s on the right: ${row#?}**
    very efficient algorithm!..
    Thanks
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