This week's code snippet, Baklava in Verve, is brought to you by Subete and the Sample Programs repo.
fn abs(n: Int) -> Int {
if (n < 0) { -n } else { n }
}
let baklava_str = " *********************"
fn baklava_line(n: Int) -> String {
let num_spaces = abs(n)
let num_stars = 21 - 2 * num_spaces
substr(baklava_str, 10 - num_spaces, num_spaces + num_stars)
}
fn baklava(start: Int, end: Int) {
if not(start > end) {
print(baklava_line(start))
baklava(start + 1, end)
}
}
baklava(-10, 10)
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