Baklava in Elena

[arakov]

Hi @rzuckerm, I saw your Baklava solution in ELENA. It is quite good, but we can make it a bit simpler

import extensions;
import extensions'text;
import extensions'math;

public program()
{
    char space := " ".toChar();
    char star := "*".toChar();
    for (int n := -10; n <= 10; n++) {
        int num_spaces := abs(n);
        int num_stars := 21 - 2 * num_spaces;
        console.writeLine(String.fill(num_spaces, space) + String.fill(num_stars, star));
    }
}

It is better if variables space and start will be of CharValue (char) type. And using an conversion extension toChar we can convert a string into a character. Sure your solution - " "[0] is perfectly normal, but looks a bit unintuitive.

[rzuckerm]

TheRenegadeCoder/sample-programs#4951

[rzuckerm]

The PR has been merged. This discussion can be closed. Thanks, @arakov .