Thread: looping println

Write a program that displays the following output:

**********
*********
********
*******
******
*****
****
***
**
*

is there a way to solve this with loops?

I agree, a for loop would work great. What have you tried and how does it work or not work?

public class Unit6_2 // Peter Krasinski
{
public static void main( String [] args )
{
int x = 0;
 
System.out.println();
 
while ( x <= 10 )
      {
      			switch ( x )
		{
			case 0:
				System.out.println("**********");
				break;
			case 1: 
				System.out.println("*********");
				break;
			case 2: 
				System.out.println("********");
				break;
			case 3:
				System.out.println("*******");
				break;
			case 4: 
				System.out.println("******");
				break;
			case 5: 
				System.out.println("*****");
				break;
			case 6:
				System.out.println("****");
				break;
			case 7: 
				System.out.println("***");
				break;
			case 8: 
				System.out.println("**");
				break;
			case 9:
				System.out.println("*");
				break;
			case 10: 
				System.out.println(" ");
				break;
		}
		x++;
      }	
	}
}public class Unit6_2 // Peter Krasinski
{
public static void main( String [] args )
{
int x = 0;
 
System.out.println();
 
while ( x <= 10 )
      {
      			switch ( x )
		{
			case 0:
				System.out.println("**********");
				break;
			case 1: 
				System.out.println("*********");
				break;
			case 2: 
				System.out.println("********");
				break;
			case 3:
				System.out.println("*******");
				break;
			case 4: 
				System.out.println("******");
				break;
			case 5: 
				System.out.println("*****");
				break;
			case 6:
				System.out.println("****");
				break;
			case 7: 
				System.out.println("***");
				break;
			case 8: 
				System.out.println("**");
				break;
			case 9:
				System.out.println("*");
				break;
			case 10: 
				System.out.println(" ");
				break;
		}
		x++;
      }	
	}
}

is this optimal

got it thanks

nvm