Thread: Stuck on 12 node star assignment

Hi I am doing an assignment in my Java class and I need to connect the nodes to make a 12 pointed star. I have already drawn out the star and figured out which nodes to connect together. The only thing I cannot get is to show all of the nodes in the order they connect. I can only get the first 3 nodes to show up. I need it to wrap around and basically keep adding 5 to the last node until all numbers 0-11 are used. Any suggestions on what I can do to make that happen? I feel like it is one little bit of code I need to put in but I cannot figure out what it is.

public class StarWinding {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		for (int i = 0 ; i < 12; i+=5) {
			System.out.print(i + " ");
 
			}
	}
}

And the out put so far is: 0 5 10
I need it to be: 0 5 10 3 8 1 6 11 4 9 2 7

I need it to be: 0 5 10 3 8 1 6 11 4 9 2 7

What is the logic for generating that sequence of numbers?

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When you add 5 to 10 you get 15 which is greater than 12 and your loop exits. You will need to rethink your design. Maybe a while loop would be better. To wrap your values back around to 0 you can use a circular counting pattern or simply subtract 12 when value is greater than 12.

What function? Subtraction?

Perhaps you need two variables: one to count to 12 and one to hold the value to print.

i do not know how to make one to hold the value to print

I'm surprised that you don't know how to define a variable and give it an initial value. An example:

  int valToPrint = 0;   // define a variable to hold the value to print