Pattern printing in Java

i want to get following out for a java program... how i should start my study?


output of the program:

How many stars you want to print in 1st row ? 7

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Start here: The Java™ Tutorials and search the forums (for example search for "asterisk triangle") - questions such as this have been addressed quite often.

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is there any help from anybody?

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This should give you the desired output..........

nasim_khan, while we appreciate your contribution, we ask that you please do not hand over answers like that. I recommend you read the following (namely section 7)
Announcements - Loops & Control Statements
and
http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com...n-feeding.html