"Substring index is greater than length of string" (error)

[gayden]

Task is to write a program that writes a wedge of stars. So, if you input a 7 into get x it'd look like this:
*******
******
*****
****
***
**
*

Here is my code:

code:

var x : int put "Please enter the initial number of stars: " .. get x loop     for i : 1 .. x         put "*" (i) ..     end for     x := x - 1     put ""     exit when (x = 0) end loop

When I run it I get an error on line 6.

I have no clue what a substring index is.

[Insectoid]

What is line 6 supposed to do? What does the (i) part mean?

[gayden]

Insectoid @ Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:24 am wrote:

What is line 6 supposed to do? What does the (i) part mean?

I believe it was Einstein that said something like: "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."

I think he's right because looking back at that line, I have no clue what I thought that should do.

Turns out all I had to do was remove the (i)..embarrassing.