Looping problem

[Caleb Jhay]

hi, Im kinda stock with this problem. I was trying to create this output using for loop

    
*      *
  *  *
    *
    *
    *


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

I was just wondering how to do it in java using loop any help?

Best regards

[Riaan Nel]

What have you tried? What happened? Please post your code.

[Jesper de Jong]

Have you written some code already; where exactly did you get stuck with this? Please post your code and explain in detail what it is you don't understand.

Do you know how to use loops? This part of Oracle's Java Tutorials explains while, do-while and for loops: Control Flow Statements

[Caleb Jhay]

Actually Im trying the whole alphabet. So far i got "D" and doing the rest so i still have no code with x and z thanks

Riaan Nel wrote:What have you tried? What happened? Please post your code.

[Caleb Jhay]

not yet thanks for the link

Jesper de Jong wrote:Have you written some code already; where exactly did you get stuck with this? Please post your code and explain in detail what it is you don't understand.

Do you know how to use loops? This part of Oracle's Java Tutorials explains while, do-while and for loops: Control Flow Statements

[Campbell Ritchie]

It is awkward to write code to produce patterns for all letters. It is a lot easier to write this sort of pattern, because it has a definite repeating structure:

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