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APC-S-009.c

Problem Statement

Write a program to find the upper and lower triangular matrix.

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Author Amit Dutta amitdutta4255@gmail.com
Date 12 Dec 2025
License MIT License (See the LICENSE file for details)
Difficulty Beginner (index: 2 / 10)

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  • Recursion
  • Sorting (likely)
  • Sorting (possible)
  • Iteration

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int i, j, rows, cols;
    printf("\nEnter the number of rows and columns : ");
    scanf("%d %d", &rows, &cols);

    if (rows != cols)
    {
        printf("Triangular matrix definitions only apply to square matrices (rows == columns).\n");
        return 1;
    }

    int matrix[rows][cols];

    printf("Enter the elements of matrix (%d x %d): \n", rows, cols);
    for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
        for (j = 0; j < cols; j++)
        {
            printf("Position %d%d: ", i, j);
            scanf("%d", &matrix[i][j]);
        }
    printf("\nMatrix: \n");
    for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < cols; j++)
            printf("%d  ", matrix[i][j]);
        printf("\n");
    }

    printf("\nUpper triangular of the Matrix: \n");
    for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < cols; j++)
        {
            if (j >= i)
                printf("%d  ", matrix[i][j]);
            else
                printf("~  ");
        }
        printf("\n");
    }

    printf("\nLower triangular of the Matrix: \n");
    for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < cols; j++)
        {
            if (j <= i)
                printf("%d  ", matrix[i][j]);
            else
                printf("~  ");
        }
        printf("\n");
    }

    return 0;
}

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    CODE (APC-S-009.c):

    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {
        int i, j, rows, cols;
        printf("\nEnter the number of rows and columns : ");
        scanf("%d %d", &rows, &cols);

        if (rows != cols)
        {
            printf("Triangular matrix definitions only apply to square matrices (rows == columns).\n");
            return 1;
        }

        int matrix[rows][cols];

        printf("Enter the elements of matrix (%d x %d): \n", rows, cols);
        for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
            for (j = 0; j < cols; j++)
            {
                printf("Position %d%d: ", i, j);
                scanf("%d", &matrix[i][j]);
            }
        printf("\nMatrix: \n");
        for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
        {
            for (j = 0; j < cols; j++)
                printf("%d  ", matrix[i][j]);
            printf("\n");
        }

        printf("\nUpper triangular of the Matrix: \n");
        for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
        {
            for (j = 0; j < cols; j++)
            {
                if (j >= i)
                    printf("%d  ", matrix[i][j]);
                else
                    printf("~  ");
            }
            printf("\n");
        }

        printf("\nLower triangular of the Matrix: \n");
        for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
        {
            for (j = 0; j < cols; j++)
            {
                if (j <= i)
                    printf("%d  ", matrix[i][j]);
                else
                    printf("~  ");
            }
            printf("\n");
        }

        return 0;
    }