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Thread: Triangle printing (for loop)

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    Smile Triangle printing (for loop)

    I'm trying to create this output using the for loop :
    aaaaa
    *aaaa
    o*aaa
    oo*aa
    ooo*a

    this is the code i wrote:

    public class Triangles
    {
    	public static void main(String args[])
    	{
    		int q=5;
     
    		for (int p=1; p<=q; p++ )
            {
    			for (int x=1; x<p; x++)
    	            System.out.print("o");
    	            System.out.print("*");
    	        for (int y=q; y>=p; y--)
    	            System.out.print("a");
    	        System.out.println("");
            }
    	}
    }

    but this is the output i get:

    *aaaaa
    o*aaaa
    oo*aaa
    ooo*aa
    oooo*a

    i tried changing the code a few times but all i get are weird outputs.
    Can anybody please tell me whats wrong with my code? and if its possible tell me which part should i fix.

    THANKS for any help


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    Default Re: Triangle printing (for loop)

    aaaaa
    *aaaa
    o*aaa
    oo*aa
    ooo*a

    Ok
    I take it you start with all a's
    then you change the first a to a *
    then you change that star to an o and move the * over to the second a
    and then you continue

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    Default Re: Triangle printing (for loop)

    public class Triangles
    {
        public static void main(String args[])
        {
         /*   int q=5;
     
            for (int p=1; p<=q; p++ )
            {
            	System.out.println("P is: " + p);
                for (int x=1; x<p; x++)
                	System.out.println("X is: " + x);
                    System.out.print("o");
                    System.out.print("*");
                for (int y=q; y>=p; y--)
                	System.out.println("Y is: " + y);
                    System.out.print("a");
                System.out.println("");
            }
            */
        	String str = "aaaaa";
        	String[] str2 = new String[5];
        	System.out.println(str);
        	for (int i =0; i < 5; i++)
        	{
     
        	char[] chars = new char[str.length()];
        	for (int x =0; x < chars.length; x++)
        	{
        	chars[x] = str.charAt(x);
        	}
        	if (str.charAt(i) == 'a')
        	{
        	chars[i] = '*';
        	str2[i] = new String(chars);
        	str = str2[i];
        	if ( i > 0 && str.charAt(i-1) == '*' )
        	{
        		chars[i-1] = 'o';
        		str2[i] = new String(chars);
        		str = str2[i];
     
        	}
        	System.out.println(str2[i]);
        	}
     
        	}
        }
    }

     

    aaaaa
    *aaaa
    o*aaa
    oo*aa
    ooo*a
    oooo*


    Last edited by javapenguin; December 6th, 2010 at 04:09 PM.

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