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Program to print the given number pattern
1
12
123
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Write a C program to print the given number pattern using loop. How to print the given triangular number pattern using for loop in C programming. Logic to print the given number pattern in C program using loop.

💻 Program Code

/**
 * C program to print number pattern
 * www.atnyla.com
 */

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int i, j, N;

    printf("Enter N: ");
    scanf("%d", &N);

    for(i=1; i<=N; i++)
    {
        // Logic to print numbers
        for(j=1; j<=i; j++)
        {
            printf("%d", j);
        }

        printf("\n");
    }

    return 0;
}
                        

🖥 Program Output

Enter N: 5
1
12
123
1234
12345
                            

📘 Explanation

Required knowledge

Basic C programming,?Loop

Logic to print the given number pattern 1

Logic to this pattern is pretty simple; to understand the logic, first have a careful eye on to the pattern for a minute and think the logic. You can observe that there are?N?number of rows (where?N?is the total number of rows to be printed). Each row exactly contains?i?number of columns (where?i?is the current row number). And for each row in each column?j?gets printed (where?j?is the current column number).
The step-by-step descriptive logic is:

  1. To iterate through rows, run an outer loop from 1 to?N.
  2. To print the number, run an inner loop from 1 to?i?(where?i?is the current row number). Inside this loop print the value of?j?(where?j?is the current column number).

Lets implement this logic.

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