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Staircase detail

Publish Date: Feb 16 '24
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Prepare your favorite cup of coffee because we are about to enter the fantastic world of Staircases.

What is a Staircase?

A staircase in English is a visual representation of a staircase, formed by a series of steps. The staircase has an user-specified size and the step is represented by the # character.

For example, a 3-step staircase will have the following format:

#
##
###

Let's learn how to build a function that takes a number n and prints a staircase with n steps. To do this, we will use the following example, where a staircase of n = 4 is determined and then we have the expected result:

This is a staircase of size n = 4:

#
##
###
####

For this we will consider the space as the character and the step of the ladder as #.

// Function that prints a staircase with n steps
function staircase(n) {
    // Constant representing the space character
    const space = ' ';

    // Constant representing the stair step character
    const hash = '#';

    // Loop to display the staircase
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        // `space.repeat(n - i - 1)`: will display a certain amount of space characters
        // `hash.repeat(i + 1)`: will display a certain number of hash characters
        console.log(space.repeat(n - i - 1) + hash.repeat(i + 1));
    }
}
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Running the staircase function with n = 4 we will have:

staircase(4);

#
##
###
####

Checking the execution of the for loop

For n = 4, we will have i = 0 in the first execution of the loop:

console.log(space.repeat(n - i - 1) + hash.repeat(i + 1));
console.log(space.repeat(4 - 0 - 1) + hash.repeat(0 + 1));
console.log(space.repeat(3) + hash.repeat(1));
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#

The second execution of the i = 1 loop:

console.log(space.repeat(n - i - 1) + hash.repeat(i + 1));
console.log(space.repeat(4 - 1 - 1) + hash.repeat(1 + 1));
console.log(space.repeat(2) + hash.repeat(2));
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The third execution of the i = 2 loop:

console.log(space.repeat(n - i - 1) + hash.repeat(i + 1));
console.log(space.repeat(4 - 2 - 1) + hash.repeat(2 + 1));
console.log(space.repeat(1) + hash.repeat(3));
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The fourth and final execution of the i = 3 loop:

console.log(space.repeat(n - i - 1) + hash.repeat(i + 1));
console.log(space.repeat(4 - 3 - 1) + hash.repeat(3 + 1));
console.log(space.repeat(0) + hash.repeat(4));
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Comments 10 total

  • Ruan Vinícius
    Ruan ViníciusFeb 16, 2024

    Another one good article o/

  • Renato Teixeira
    Renato TeixeiraFeb 16, 2024

    nice article! thanks for sharing with us 😊

  • Anthony Vinicius
    Anthony ViniciusFeb 16, 2024

    Wow! Nice article!

  • Eckehard
    EckehardFeb 17, 2024

    Hy,

    I was wandering about the output. You should put the printout in the listings, as the markdown kills all the leading spaces. Your result should look like this:

       #
  ##
 ###
####
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    Anyway, this is also a nice case to learn some recursion:

    function stair(n){
  function f(i){  
    if(i>=0){
      console.log(" ".repeat(i)+"#".repeat(n-i))
      f(i-1)
    }
  }
  f(n-1)
}
stair(4)
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    If you like the freak style, you can also create a "one-liner":

    const stair=(n,f)=>(f=(i)=>{console.log(" ".repeat(i)+"#".repeat(n-i));i?f(i-1):0 })(n-1)
stair(4)
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    It works, try it out

  • Cherry Ramatis
    Cherry RamatisFeb 17, 2024

    nice article ❤️

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