Task: Pascal matrix generation
C#: using System;

public static class PascalMatrixGeneration
{
    public static void Main() {
        Print(GenerateUpper(5));
        Console.WriteLine();
        Print(GenerateLower(5));
        Console.WriteLine();
        Print(GenerateSymmetric(5));
    }

    static int[,] GenerateUpper(int size) {
        int[,] m = new int[size, size];
        for (int c = 0; c < size; c++) m[0, c] = 1;
        for (int r = 1; r < size; r++) {
            for (int c = r; c < size; c++) {
                m[r, c] = m[r-1, c-1] + m[r, c-1];
            }
        }
        return m;
    }

    static int[,] GenerateLower(int size) {
        int[,] m = new int[size, size];
        for (int r = 0; r < size; r++) m[r, 0] = 1;
        for (int c = 1; c < size; c++) {
            for (int r = c; r < size; r++) {
                m[r, c] = m[r-1, c-1] + m[r-1, c];
            }
        }
        return m;
    }

    static int[,] GenerateSymmetric(int size) {
        int[,] m = new int[size, size];
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) m[0, i] = m[i, 0] = 1;
        for (int r = 1; r < size; r++) {
            for (int c = 1; c < size; c++) {
                m[r, c] = m[r-1, c] + m[r, c-1];
            }
        }
        return m;
    }

    static void Print(int[,] matrix) {
        string[,] m = ToString(matrix);
        int width = m.Cast<string>().Select(s => s.Length).Max();
        int rows = matrix.GetLength(0), columns = matrix.GetLength(1);
        for (int row = 0; row < rows; row++) {
            Console.WriteLine("|" + string.Join(" ", Range(0, columns).Select(column => m[row, column].PadLeft(width, ' '))) + "|");
        }
    }

    static string[,] ToString(int[,] matrix) {
        int rows = matrix.GetLength(0), columns = matrix.GetLength(1);
        string[,] m = new string[rows, columns];
        for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
            for (int c = 0; c < columns; c++) {
                m[r, c] = matrix[r, c].ToString();
            }
        }
        return m;
    }
    
}

VB: Option Base 1
Private Function pascal_upper(n As Integer)
    Dim res As Variant: ReDim res(n, n)
    For j = 1 To n
        res(1, j) = 1
    Next j
    For i = 2 To n
        res(i, 1) = 0
        For j = 2 To i
            res(j, i) = res(j, i - 1) + res(j - 1, i - 1)
        Next j
        For j = i + 1 To n
            res(j, i) = 0
        Next j
    Next i
    pascal_upper = res
End Function
 
Private Function pascal_symmetric(n As Integer)
    Dim res As Variant: ReDim res(n, n)
    For i = 1 To n
        res(i, 1) = 1
        res(1, i) = 1
    Next i
    For i = 2 To n
        For j = 2 To n
            res(i, j) = res(i - 1, j) + res(i, j - 1)
        Next j
    Next i
    pascal_symmetric = res
End Function

Private Sub pp(m As Variant)
    For i = 1 To UBound(m)
        For j = 1 To UBound(m, 2)
            Debug.Print Format(m(i, j), "@@@");
        Next j
        Debug.Print
    Next i
End Sub

Public Sub main()
    Debug.Print "=== Pascal upper matrix ==="
    pp pascal_upper(5)
    Debug.Print "=== Pascal lower matrix ==="
    pp WorksheetFunction.Transpose(pascal_upper(5))
    Debug.Print "=== Pascal symmetrical matrix ==="
    pp pascal_symmetric(5)
End Sub