How to make characters disappear

[Mysies]

Hello guys,

My name is Mysies and i am a beginner to c++. I don't very much, but i try to learn as much as i can.
I have a question to ask and that is how to make characters disappear.

so far my output looks like this:
zzz
zzz
zzz

But i want it to look like this:

zzz
zz
z

here is my c++ code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
   for(int a = 0; a < 3; a++)
   {
      for(int b = 0; b < 3; b++ )
      {
         cout << "z";      
      }
      cout << endl;
   }
   
   system("pause");
   return 0;
}


i have tried with:

for (int b = 3; b > 0; b--), but it just gives me the same output.

is there a way to make the characters disappear?

[exomo]

There is no difference wether you run your loop from 0 to 2 or from 3 to 1, the result is the same because you repeat 3 times.
You get the desired result when you initialize b with the current value of a.

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for(int b = a; b < 3; b++ )

[Mysies]

Thank you so much exomo... that worked wonders for me.
I didnt think about the (int b = a), and now it makes very good sense.

Thank you exomo