Question

Given an int variable n that has already been declared and initialized to a positive value , and another int variable j that has already been declared , use a while loop to print a single line consisting of n asterisks. thus if n contains 5, five asterisks will be printed. use no variables other than n and j.

Answer 1

while( n ) /*when n == 0, will fail*/
{
putchar( '*' ); /*effectively print asterick*/
n--; /*post-decrement n*/
}