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int printTriangle(int size) {
//start with starCount being 0
int starCount = 0;
//count from 0 (inclusive) to size (exclusive), for each number i that you count
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
//count from 0 (inclusive) to i (inclusive), for each number j that you count
for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++) {
//print a "*"
printf("*");
//increment starCount
starCount++;
}
//when you finish counting on j,
//print a newline ("\n")
printf("\n");
}
//when you finish counting on i,
//your answer is starCount
return starCount;
}
int main(void) {
int numStars;
printf("Here is a triangle with height 4\n");
numStars = printTriangle(4);
printf("That triangle had %d total stars\n", numStars);
//now print "Here is a triangle with height 7\n"
printf("Here is a triangle with height 7\n");
//then call printTriangle, passing in 7, and assign the result to numStars
numStars = printTriangle(7);
//finally, print "That triangle had %d total stars\n", such that the %d
//prints the value of numStars
printf("That triangle had %d total stars\n", numStars);
return 0;
}
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