99 bottles of beer
99 bottles of beer is a programming puzzle. It lays out a problem which Rosetta Code users are encouraged to solve, using languages and techniques they know. Multiple approaches are not discouraged, so long as the puzzle guidelines are followed. For other Puzzles, see Category:Puzzles.
In this puzzle, print out the entire "99 bottles of beer on the wall" song. For those who do not know the song, the lyrics follow this form:
X bottles of beer on the wall X bottles of beer Take one down, pass it around X-1 bottles of beer on the wall X-1 bottles of beer on the wall ... Take one down, pass it around 0 bottles of beer on the wall
Where X and X-1 are replaced by numbers of course. Grammatical support for "1 bottle of beer" is optional. As with any puzzle, try to do it in as creative/concise/comical a way as possible (simple, obvious solutions allowed, too).
See also: http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/
BASIC
<qbasic>FOR x = 99 TO 1 STEP -1
PRINT x; "bottles of beer on the wall" PRINT x; "bottles of beer" PRINT "Take one down, pass it around" PRINT x-1; "bottles of beer on the wall"
NEXT x</qbasic>
C++
<c>#include<stdio> using namespace std; int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
for(int x = 99;x>=1; --x){
cout<<x<<"bottles of beer on the wall\n"<<x<<"bottles of beer\n"<<"Take one down, pass it around\n"<<x-1<<"bottles of beer on the wall\n\n";
}
}</c>