c - 替换多个\t

Question

    switch(start)
   {case 0:printf("");
          j=1;
          break;
    case 1:printf("\t");
          j=2;
          break;
    case 2:printf("\t\t");
          j=3;
          break;
    case 3:printf("\t\t\t");
          j=4;
          break;
    case 4:printf("\t\t\t\t");
          j=5;
          break;
    case 5:printf("\t\t\t\t\t");
          j=6;
          break;
    case 6:printf("\t\t\t\t\t\t");
          j=7;
          break;
   }

start 接受用户的输入，有什么办法可以缩短这段代码？？？？？？？
任何帮助表示赞赏!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

int foo(int start)
{
    for(int x = 0; x  < start; x++) printf("\t");
    return start + 1; // it is your j
}

或者没有这个功能

for(int x = 0; x  < start; x++) printf("\t");
j = start + 1;