How should i convert from C# to C++

Use int (or whatever type it is) instead of var. Use std::string[^] for strings. Use printf()[^], or preferably, cout[^] instead of Console.Write(). etc ...

Instead of var, you could just use int (in this case).
new String (' ') can be replaced by " ".

It seems you're a beginner. I hope you're not lifting some's C# code and passing it off as your own C++ work. :(

/ravi

In your sample, you can replace instances of 'var' with int - since that's all they appear to hold.

As for the string initializations, they're just setting the string to contain the same character a number of times, right?

You could make your own function that filled or created them. Here's one to just set them - your code never hangs onto them - it just passes them to conole.write.

So, make sure you have a std:string object first, then pass it to this function.

void setString(string &input, char newChar, int reps)
{
    input = "";
    int i;
    for  (i=0; i<reps; i++)
        input = input + newChar;
}

A quick sample:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


void setString(string &input, char newChar, int reps)
{
    input = "";
    int i;
    for  (i=0; i<reps; i++)
        input = input + newChar;
}

int main()
{
    string testMe;

    setString(testMe, '*', 10);
    cout << testMe << endl;

    setString(testMe, '-', 10);
    cout << testMe << endl;

}

Output:

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