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6/9/2017 - 12:02 PM

Example of how to use a jagged array to generate Pascal's triangle. From Fundamentals of Computer Programming with C# http://www.introprogra

Example of how to use a jagged array to generate Pascal's triangle. From Fundamentals of Computer Programming with C# http://www.introprogramming.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Books/CSharpEn/Fundamentals-of-Computer-Programming-with-CSharp-Nakov-eBook-v2013.pdf

PascalTriangle.cs
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const int HEIGHT = 12;
// Allocate the array in a triangle form
long[][] triangle = new long[HEIGHT + 1][];

for (int row = 0; row < HEIGHT; row++)
{
  triangle[row] = new long[row + 1];
}

// Calculate the Pascal's triangle
triangle[0][0] = 1;

for (int row = 0; row < HEIGHT - 1; row++)
{
  for (int col = 0; col <= row; col++)
  {
    triangle[row + 1][col] += triangle[row][col];
    triangle[row + 1][col + 1] += triangle[row][col];
  }
}

// Print the Pascal's triangle
for (int row = 0; row < HEIGHT; row++)
{
  Console.Write("".PadLeft((HEIGHT - row) * 2));
  for (int col = 0; col <= row; col++)
  {
    Console.Write("{0,3} ", triangle[row][col]);
  }
  Console.WriteLine();
}

//                        1
//                      1   1
//                    1   2   1
//                  1   3   3   1
//                1   4   6   4   1
//              1   5  10  10   5   1
//            1   6  15  20  15   6   1
//          1   7  21  35  35  21   7   1
//        1   8  28  56  70  56  28   8   1
//      1   9  36  84 126 126  84  36   9   1
//    1  10  45 120 210 252 210 120  45  10   1
//  1  11  55 165 330 462 462 330 165  55  11   1