leading spaces in a printf

I am new to C programming. I have written a program that prints a pattern using astericks. It begins with a single '*' and increases each line, up to 10. However, I cannot figure out how to print with leading spaces. For example, I need to print the first row as 10 astericks, no spaces. Then, the next row should begin with 1 space and then print 9 astericks. Then, 2 spaces and then print 8 astericks, etc.

#include <stdio.h>

/* function main begins program execution */
int main ()
{
for( int cnt = 10; cnt >= 1; cnt--)
{
for( int k = 1; k <= cnt; k++)
printf( "*" );

printf( "\n" );

}

printf( "\n" );
for( int cntr = 1; cntr <= 10; cntr++)
{
for( int l = 1; l <= cntr; l++)
printf( "*" );

printf( "\n" );

}


return 0; /*indicate program ended successfully*/


} /*end function main*/


Please help!

You could print a space...

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The number of asterisks is a function of the number of spaces:

asterisks = 10 - spaces ;

For spaces = 0 to 9, Loop once to print spaces, loop again to print asterisks, print newline, next.





Clifford

Sorry for the delay. Thank you very much for your response. Happy holidays!