Thread: homework troubles, any help would be appreciated

Thank you guys for responding but I sat down with a my pen and a sheet of paper and did the loop step by step and figured it out and yes I need to add comments. Its something I need to work on.

here is the code if anyone is interested on how it works..

 
 
 
 
package project.pkg5part3;
 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class Project5Part3 
{
 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); // new object of scanner 
 
        //variables
        int diameterOfDiamond;
        String diamondCharacter;
 
        boolean flag = true;
 
 
        while(flag)
        {
            System.out.print("Enter the diameter of diamond: ");
            diameterOfDiamond = scan.nextInt();
 
            System.out.print("\nEnter the character to use for the drawing: ");
            diamondCharacter = scan.next();
 
            for(int i = 1; i <= (Math.ceil(diameterOfDiamond / 2.0)); i++)
            {
                for(int j = 1; j < (Math.ceil(diameterOfDiamond / 2.0) + 1) - i; j++)
                    System.out.print(" ");
                for(int j = 1; j < 2 * i; j++)
                    System.out.print(diamondCharacter);
                System.out.println();
 
            }
            for(int i = 1; i < (Math.ceil(diameterOfDiamond / 2.0) ); i++)
            {
                for(int j = (int) Math.ceil(diameterOfDiamond / 2.0); j > Math.ceil(diameterOfDiamond / 2.0) - i; j--)
                    System.out.print(" ");
                for(int j = diameterOfDiamond - 2; j >= i * 2 - 1; j--)
                    System.out.print(diamondCharacter);
                System.out.println();
            }
 
            System.out.println("Would you like to run this program again(yes/no): ");
 
            if(scan.next().equalsIgnoreCase("no"))
                flag = false;
        }
 
    }
}