P0014. Numerical valleys

Your task is to write a program that, given two natural numbers $n$ and $r$ , uses $n$ to print a valley with $r$ rows as it is shown at the instances. Notice that, the last row has $r$ numbers $n$ separated by dashes, the central dot, and $r$ numbers $n$ separated by dashes, that each row has two numbers $n$ less than the row immediataly below, and that the part of the middle has to be filled with as many dots as necessary.

To solve this problem, you must implement recursively the function

    int number_of_digits(int n);

that returns the number of digits of |n|, under the precondition |n| $\ge 0$ .

Input

The input consists of two natural numbers $n$ and $r$ , with $r > 0$ .

Output

Your program must print a valley of $r$ rows using the number $n$ as can be seen in the instances.

Observations

Using strings is not allowed. Obviously, you can not use vectors either.
Remember to implement |number_of_digits(n)| recursively.

Problem information

Author: Unknown
Translator: Carlos Molina

Generation: 2026-01-25T11:51:24.716Z