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Thread: Integer pyramid 1-15

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    Default Integer pyramid 1-15

    Hi all.

    Am almost there with the problem below.

    I need to print an integer pyramid between 1 and 15, but when i get above 10 (11 to 15) i have a spacing problem and not sure how to fix this.

    Any and all advice is welcome

    import java.util.Scanner;
    class Q5
    {
    public static void main (String [] Args)
    	{
    	Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
     
    	System.out.print("Enter the number of lines: ");
    	int numberOfLines = input.nextInt();
     
    	if ((numberOfLines < 1) || (numberOfLines > 15))
    		{
    		System.out.println("You must enter a number from 1 to 15");
    		System.exit(0);
    		}
     
    	for (int row = 1; row <= numberOfLines; row++)
    		{
    		for (int column = 1; column <= numberOfLines - row; column++) 
    			{
    			System.out.print("  ");
    			}
    		for (int num = row; num >= 1; num--)
    			{
    			System.out.print(" " + num);
    			}
    		for (int num = 2; num <= row; num++)
    			{
    			System.out.print(" " + num);
    			}
     
    		System.out.println("");
    		}
    	input.close();
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: Integer pyramid 1-15

    i have a spacing problem
    Please post the output showing the problem and add some comments or examples showing what you want the output to look like.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: Integer pyramid 1-15

    I tend to attack these kind of problems differently - not better, necessarily - by generalizing the steps and using simple math where possible:

    - calculate the leading spaces
    - print the spaces
    - print the characters

    Looking at your problems, I came up with this generalization:

    // each line begins with 2 spaces * total lines to be printed less
    // 2 spaces * the current row being printed

    For the above, if 15 lines are to be printed, 28 leading spaces will be printed for line 1, and 0 leading spaces will be printed for line 15. As you've already discovered, it's a bit more complicated than that, so the rest of my generalization is:

    // if the total number of lines to be printed is greater than 9,
    // an extra space must be added to the single-digit lines for each
    // of the double-digit lines

    // if the current row being printed is > 9 and < the total number of
    // lines, reduce leading spaces by 1 for each row > 9 except the last

    // print the leading spaces

    // print the required numbers

    // add a linefeed

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