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Predict the output

RKaram

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January 14, 2014 at 9:44 am

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DECLARE @NUMBER INT = 10
DECLARE @data CHAR(1)='#'
DECLARE @OTHERDATA CHAR(1)='@'
DECLARE @SPACEDATA CHAR(1)=' '
DECLARE @TEXT VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @LEFT INT
DECLARE @RIGHT INT = 1
DECLARE @TEXTRIGHT INT
WHILE(@NUMBER>0)
BEGIN
SET @TEXT =''
SET @TEXTRIGHT = @RIGHT
IF(@NUMBER%2=0)
BEGIN
SET @LEFT = FLOOR(@NUMBER/2)
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @NUMBER = @NUMBER - 1
CONTINUE
END
WHILE(@LEFT>0)
BEGIN
IF(@LEFT>1)
BEGIN
SET @TEXT += @SPACEDATA
END
ELSE
BEGIN
WHILE(@TEXTRIGHT>0)
BEGIN
IF(@TEXTRIGHT%2=0)
SET @TEXT += @OTHERDATA
ELSE
SET @TEXT += @data
SET @TEXTRIGHT = @TEXTRIGHT - 1
END
PRINT(@TEXT)
END
SET @LEFT = @LEFT - 1
END
SET @NUMBER = @NUMBER - 1
IF(@RIGHT=1)
BEGIN
SET @RIGHT = 3
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @RIGHT = 2+@RIGHT
END
END
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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 1

can't really predict the output, since this poll has all incorrect answers.

kudos for the easily copy-and-pasteable code, it produces results that basically looks like a christmas tree, i guess.

but the results are 5 lines that don't appear in your poll

#

#@#

#@#@#

#@#@#@#

#@#@#@#@#

Lowell

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 2

Polls won't allow multi-line answers, but it's a nice output 🙂

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