I want to draw a pyramid using this 2 shapes { /\ } in c# but i got an error

Question

Hi i wanna draw a pyramid that look like this

in Microsoft visual studio c# language but it's not working

i used this code in Microsoft visual studio

using System;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    class Program
    {

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("   /\ ");
            Console.WriteLine("  /  \ ");
            Console.WriteLine(" /    \ ");
            Console.WriteLine("/______\ ");

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

but it's not working

please explain to me if possible why not working why your code is working in other words (what i need to know )

You need to escape the backslashes. Wherever you had "\" change it to "\\". Or (better for this case) just put a `@` character at the start of each string, e.g. `@" / \ "` — Matthew Watson, Nov 01 '22 at 15:23
When describing your problem, please be more descriptive than "it's not working". In this case it's pretty clear what is wrong, but that isn't always the case and including specific behaviors/errors you're seeing helps us help you. — Broots Waymb, Nov 01 '22 at 15:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '22 at 15:25

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You need to escape backslashes, or use the @ literal modifier. The backslash is used to do things like specifying a newline "\n", so the compiler needs to be told explicitly when it write it out verbatim

This uses a multiline string literal

string p = @"
   /\ 
  /  \ 
 /    \ 
/______\ 
";
Console.WriteLine(p);

This is a full list of characters that require the escape sequence to ensure they are written verbatim

answered Nov 01 '22 at 15:25

Narish

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It worked i like the idea thx – Senior Youssef Nov 01 '22 at 17:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '22 at 15:26

1

You should escape the backslashes, try this:

Console.WriteLine("   /\\    ");
Console.WriteLine("  /  \\   ");
Console.WriteLine(" /    \\  ");
Console.WriteLine("/______\\ ");

answered Nov 01 '22 at 15:26

Yavuz

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I want to draw a pyramid using this 2 shapes { /\ } in c# but i got an error

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