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Thread: HELP WITH FOR LOOPS! trying to concatenate without using string builder

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    Default HELP WITH FOR LOOPS! trying to concatenate without using string builder

    I am trying to make this outcome: basically adding an asterisk more each line.

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

    but i dont want to use this code:
    *\n**\n***\n****\n*****\n etc.

    so far my code looks like this:
    message = "";
    String stars = "*";
    for (int i=1; i<8; i++)
    {
    message = message + stars + "\n";

    }
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);


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    Default Re: HELP WITH FOR LOOPS! trying to concatenate without using string builder

    Quote Originally Posted by janeeatsdonuts View Post
    I am trying to make this outcome: basically adding an asterisk more each line.

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

    but i dont want to use this code:
    *\n**\n***\n****\n*****\n etc.

    so far my code looks like this:
    message = "";
    String stars = "*";
    for (int i=1; i<8; i++)
    {
    message = message + stars + "\n";

    }
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);
    Great.

    Now do you have an actual question that we can answer?

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    Default Re: HELP WITH FOR LOOPS! trying to concatenate without using string builder

    uhm.
    the output for my code is:
    *
    *
    *
    *
    *
    *
    *
    instead of

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

    i want to make
    *
    *
    *
    *
    *
    *
    *
    into
    *
    **
    ***
    ****
    *****
    ******
    *******
    how do i make it into:
    *
    **
    ***
    ****
    *****
    ******
    *******

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    Default Re: HELP WITH FOR LOOPS! trying to concatenate without using string builder

    Figure out the logic first. I would do something like:

    On row 0 I want 1 star
    On row 1 I want 2 stars
    on row 2 I want 3 stars
     
    ... 
     
    on row x I want (x + 1) stars
     
    ... 
     
    stop at row y.

    Then translate that into pseudo code

    begin loop that will loop y times.
      print (loop index + 1) stars
      print new line
    end loop

    That line "print loop index + 1 stars can be further broken down into its own loop.

    begin loop that will loop y times.
      // print (loop index + 1) stars
      create an inner loop that loops from 0 to the current (outer loop's index + 1)
        print a "*"
      end inner loop
     
      print new line
    end loop

    Now you try to translate the pseudo-code into Java code.

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