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Thread: Box Set

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    Default Box Set

    How do you print such problem?

    Enter a letter
    Ex. f

    ffffff
    ffffff eeeee
    ffffff eeeee dddd
    ffffff eeeee dddd ccc
    ffffff eeeee dddd ccc bb
    ffffff eeeee dddd ccc bb a

    Ex. c

    ccc
    ccc bb
    ccc bb a
    Last edited by cosecant; October 15th, 2009 at 06:58 PM. Reason: typing error


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    Default Re: Box Set

    Hello cosecant,

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    Can you please give a bit more detail about the desired output?
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    Default Re: Box Set

    You input a letter. Then you print it its place in the alphabet time(for example b would be bb).
    Then you print it again and then add the letter before it, its corresponding position number of times.
    Continue adding as seen in example until a is reached.

    Ex. d

    dddd //The letter its postions times
    dddd ccc // letter again and letter before its position times
    dddd ccc bb // continuing on
    dddd ccc bb a // finished

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    Default Re: Box Set

    What code do you have so far, where exactly are you stuck?

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    Default Re: Box Set

    I have use multiple for loops, but i have had trouble getting it to print the middle line for example
    I have been able to print(for ex.f) ffffff and ffffff eeeee dddd ccc bb a, but i cannot figure out the for loop required to keep adding characters while keeping the previous ones.

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    Default Re: Box Set

    Save a string of what you're printing out.

    String output = "";
    for (number of lines to print out)
         output += number of characters to add
         System.out.println(output);