A Laboratory Course in C++, 5th Edition

Postlab Activities

Exercise 1: Key in the following program, compile it, and run it.

// Program Stars prints three rows of asterisks.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()

{

cout << "***********" << endl;

cout << " ********* " << endl;

cout << " ******* " << endl;

return 0;

}

Exercise 2: Edit program Stars so that it prints five asterisks centered on the fourth

line, three asterisks centered on the fifth line, and one asterisk centered on the sixth

line. Compile and run your program.

Exercise 3: Using program Stars as a model, write a program that prints the same

pattern on the screen but this time using a dollar sign symbol rather than an asterisk. ...