Thread: Loops in a Pyramid problem

Hello everyone,

Eventhough this is my first post, I've been reading, and browsing this forum a lot. I have a problem figuring out how to draw a pyramid as follow (minus the *s)

********A
******A*B*A
****A*B*B*B*A
**A*B*B*B*B*B*A
A*B*B*B*B*B*B*B*A
The problem is that it has A, B and a space between them.

I was thinking of drawing two separate pyramid, as follow:

********A
******A***A
****A*******A
**A***********A
A***************A
And another one:

********B
******B*B*B
****B*B*B*B*B
**B*B*B*B*B*B*B

However, I really appreciate all your input/help on this. I seem to have a hard time finding a good mathematic equation for the "for loops"

Thanks for your time, everyone.

Originally Posted by KevinWorkman

You aren't really going to be able to draw them separately.

I'd start out by drawing a pyramid with a single character, then taking care of the special cases after you have that working.

Thanks Kevin for your advice.

I've got it worked out by uding drawString, given the first posistion of the letter, each time it's one less X position and one higher Y position.

The for loop took care of the drawing.

Thanks again.