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Thread: Creating number Pyramids with For Loops

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    Default Creating number Pyramids with For Loops

    So, I just had a random urge (after reading a previous post) to make an infinite loop that creates this output:

    1
    12
    123
    1234
    12345
    1234
    123
    12
    1
    12
    123
    .... etc.

    So far I have this:

    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    public class ForTriangle {
    	public static void main(String args[]){
     
    		Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    		System.out.println("Enter length of numbers");
    		int number = scan.nextInt();
     
    		int a = 1;
    		int b = 1;
     
    	while(b < number){
    		for(a = 1; a <= number; a++){
    			for(b = 1; b <= a; b++){
    				if(b == number)
    					a = 0;
    				System.out.print(b);
    			}
    			System.out.println();
    		}
     
    	}
     
    	}//End MM
    }//End MC

    When the user enters 5, it produces:

    1
    12
    123
    1234
    12345
    1
    12
    123
    1234
    12345
    etc...

    Any tips?
    Simplicity calls for Complexity. Think about it.


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    Default Re: Creating number Pyramids with For Loops

    Any tips?
    You can look at it as two sequences, one like this:
    1
    12
    123
    1234
    and one like this
    12345
    1234
    123
    12
    A loop that does those two over and over could be about right

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    Default Re: Creating number Pyramids with For Loops

    If I try to do this, the first for loop will run on forever, and ever.. And the second for loop will never be used because the first for loop never ended. I already seemed to have lost interest in this.. Thanks for replying so quickly though Sean!
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    Default Re: Creating number Pyramids with For Loops

    You need an outer 'loop forever' with two inner loops. Inside the outer loop the first inner loop loops from min to max - 1, then it exits. The second inner loop loops from max to min + 1, then exits. After the second inner loop exits, the outer 'loop forever' makes the first loop run again...

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