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trileft.cpp
    Jim Millard
    for CO211/Fall 1999

Program that draws a left-hand right triangle (base up) with asterisks. The user will input
the height, and the program will do the rest...

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
    {
    int height;

    //inform and prompt the user
    cout << endl
         << "This program will draw an inverted, left-justified right triangle from " << endl
         << "base to point using a height you provide."
         << endl << endl;

    cout << "Enter the triangle's height in rows: ";
    cin >> height;
    cout << endl;

    //output the triangle
    for (int row = 0; row < height; row++)
        {
        cout << '\t';
        for (int column = 0; column < height-row; column++)
            cout << '*';
        cout << endl;
        }

    return 0;
    }