Haakon Meland Eriksen wrote:
> I would like to do something like this
> 
> *
> **
> ***
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> *
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> and decrement the number of objects in one direction as the loops progress. How
> can I do this correctly? This does not work.
> 
> #declare IndexX = 0;
> 
> #while (IndexX <= 9)
>         #declare EndZ = 9;
>         #declare IndexZ = 0;
> 
>         #while (IndexZ <= EndZ)
> 
>                 sphere {  <IndexX,1,IndexZ>, 0.1   texture {pigment{color Red}}}
>         #declare EndZ = EndZ - 1;
>         #declare IndexZ = IndexZ + 1;
> 
>         #end
> 
> #declare IndexX = IndexX + 1;
> #end
> 
> Cheers,
> Haakon
> 
> 
> 
> 
#declare X = -9;
#declare EndZ = -1;

#while (X <= 9)
   #if ( X < 0 )
     #declare EndZ = EndZ + 1;
   #else
     #declare EndZ = EndZ - 1;
   #end

   #declare Z = 0;
   #while (Z <= EndZ)
     sphere {  <X,1,Z>, 0.1   texture {pigment{color x}}}
     #declare Z = Z + 1;
   #end

   #declare X = X + 1;
#end

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