[6moose]

This question has been asked before but the results needed are different. I just need to find a way to reverse this. and to be completely honest i need this code explained to me.

the results i need are like this...
user input...4
*
**
***
****
***
**
*
This code does half of the needed result.
any help would be great, thanks in advance.

 import java.util.*;

public class Triangle
{
	public static void main(String[]args)
	{
		int n = 0;
		int spaces = n;
		int ast;

		System.out.println("Please enter a number and i will draw a triangle with these *");
		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
		n = keyboard.nextInt();

		 for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)

		 {
			ast = 2*i+1;
			for(int j = 1; j <= spaces+ast; j++)
			{
				if(j <= spaces)
					System.out.print(' ');
				else
					System.out.print('*');
			}
			System.out.println();
			spaces--;
		}
	}
}

[mostyfriedman]

this code is mine , i wrote it and posted it in another thread..

This post has been edited by mostyfriedman: 05 March 2009 - 06:07 PM

[6moose]

mostyfriedman, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 05:05 PM, said:

this code is mine , i wrote it and posted it in another thread..

Yes your right I will not deny it. I am just trying to understand it. Sorry i did not give you credit.

[6moose]

*bump* Can someone please help me understand this code. and how i would have it draw the other half of the triangle? Mainly the "for" statements.

This post has been edited by 6moose: 06 March 2009 - 02:59 PM

[BigAnt]

If you are trying to understand it then I would write out the for statement on paper each time through the loop to get an idea of what is happening.

[mostyfriedman]

you do realize that this algorithm draws a different shape than the one you want

[6moose]

Yes I did realize this. I thought I could modify the code to where it would give me the other half of the triangle. However I am still lost.

[BigAnt]

Well DIC has this policy:

[rules][/rules]

So you will have to attempt the problem first, and copying and pasting the existing code from a different topic does not count as effort on your problem

[6moose]

The code is in the first post of this thread. I am not asking you to do my homewrk, just point me in the right direction

This post has been edited by 6moose: 07 March 2009 - 02:20 PM

[BigAnt]

The code in the first post of this thread is from a different thread, and does not print the shape you wish.

My advice still stands: write out each of the outputs from the loop on paper step by step if you are having problems seeing what is happening.

[mostyfriedman]

well the above algorithm which I wrote , prints an isosceles triangle, what you need to do is remove the spaces and reverse the triangle to get the other half

This post has been edited by mostyfriedman: 07 March 2009 - 02:47 PM

[6moose]

Hopefully you will be relived to know I got it. Thank you for your patience. And mostyfriedman you will be glad to know that is my own code now I did it from the ground up.

[mostyfriedman]

6moose, on 7 Mar, 2009 - 04:19 PM, said:

Hopefully you will be relived to know I got it. Thank you for your patience. And mostyfriedman you will be glad to know that is my own code now I did it from the ground up.

good, i don't really care if you copied it..just hope you learned something