Homework 7: Parallelogram Program

Objective: To output a parallelogram of the specified size and makeup.

This program will output a parallelogram.
How long do you want each side to be? 6
Please enter the character you want it to be made of: @
@
@@
@ @
@  @
@   @
@    @
 @   @
  @  @
   @ @
    @@
     @

This program will output a parallelogram.
How long do you want each side to be? 9
Please enter the character you want it to be made of: *
*
**
* *
*  *
*   *
*    *
*     *
*      *
*       *
 *      *
  *     *
   *    *
    *   *
     *  *
      * *
       **
        *

Here are the rules and hints:

• Your program must output the parallelogram just one character at a time, inside a loop.
• Your program must work with any length greater than 1. (You don't need to do any error checking for bad input)
• Your program must use the character the user inputs to draw the parallelogram.
• You cannot use an array to store the parallelogram.
• Hint: I recommend you think of this as a program to output two triangles, one above the other (the longest horizontal line is the border between the triangles).
• Hint #2: To make this easier to solve, start by writing a program that outputs this text for the last example above:

      1*
      2*
      3*
      4*
      (etc.)
    

  After that is done, then figure out how to output the right number of characters.
• Hint #3: In Section 4.8 of your text book (page 175) there is a nested loop example to output a triangle, which may help you figure out how to draw the top half of your parallelogram.

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