Verrrrry Basic Problem

[HDB]

New student
Assignment
Write code to render a row of asterisks to form a diamond
*
***
*****
*******
*********
*******
*****
***
*
I am really stuck at this point. Can anyone give advise. As you can see I
am a novice and have a long way to go. This one has me stumped. I know there
are several ways to do this but what is simple and quick.
Any sugestions are much appreciated.
Tks,
HDB

[jb]

The easiest method is to utilize some kind of loop. There are if
statements, while statements, etc.... If you put forth some effort (eg.
something other than 'do it for me') then you are more likely to get
feedback. There are many websites that have information that will help you
with loops. We normally don't do homework assignments here.


"HDB" <dbuster@wwisp.com> wrote in message news:3a7e8094$1@news.devx.com...
>
> New student
> Assignment
> Write code to render a row of asterisks to form a diamond
> *
> ***
> *****
> *******
> *********
> *******
> *****
> ***
> *
> I am really stuck at this point. Can anyone give advise. As you can see I
> am a novice and have a long way to go. This one has me stumped. I know
there
> are several ways to do this but what is simple and quick.
> Any sugestions are much appreciated.
> Tks,
> HDB

[Paul Clapham]

>I know there
> are several ways to do this but what is simple and quick.
> Any sugestions are much appreciated.

Suggestion: choose one of the ways to do it and start working on that.

[bhupesh]

"HDB" <dbuster@wwisp.com> wrote:
>
>New student
>Assignment
>Write code to render a row of asterisks to form a diamond
> *
> ***
> *****
> *******
> *********
> *******
> *****
> ***
> *
>I am really stuck at this point. Can anyone give advise. As you can see
I
>am a novice and have a long way to go. This one has me stumped. I know there
>are several ways to do this but what is simple and quick.
>Any sugestions are much appreciated.
>Tks,
>HDB
thanks 4 posting this problem
as a beginner i find it quite interesting
it took me 3 hrs to debug & run this problem
i have tried to solve it in a way i found it easy
i dont know whether there r further any easy solutions to it


public class Ast
{
static int i,j;
//static int l=18,k=1,m=9;
public static void main(String arg[])
{
int l=18,k=1,m=11;

do
{
for( i=l ;i>9;i--) //i & l for leaving spaces in start
System.out.print(" ");
for( j=m;j<12;j++) //j & m for printing "*"
System.out.print("*");
System.out.println();
l--;
m-=2;
k++;
}while(k<6);
/*System.out.println("m"+m);
System.out.println("l"+l);
System.out.println("k"+k);
System.out.println("j"+j);
System.out.println("i"+i); */
k=1;
do
{
for(int i=l-1 ;i<18;i++)
System.out.print(" ");
for( int j=m;j<8;++j)
System.out.print("*");
System.out.println();
l--;
m+=2;
k++;
}while(k<5); }}