Thread: Stuck -- Loop Pattern

I'm trying to produce this pattern, and I need help with my loop statements...

-----1-----
----333----
---55555---
--7777777--
-999999999-

public static void main(String[] args)
    { 
        for(int j = 1; j<=9; j=j+2)
        {
            for(int d=5;d>=1;d--)
            {
                System.out.print("-");
            }
            for(int k=1; k<=j; k++)
            {
                System.out.print(j); 
            }
            for(int d=5;d>=1;d--)
            {
                System.out.print("-");
            }
            System.out.println();
        }        
    }

My Output so far:
 
-----1-----
-----333-----
-----55555-----
-----7777777-----
-----999999999-----

Well the problem is here

  for(int d=5;d>=1;d--)

It's alway going to run 5 times. I see what your trying to do. yOu could if you were feeling clever write an algorithm so d is set to a value depending on j but you could just have a variable say count declared and set to 5 outside the loop and at the end of the loop decrease it by 1 and each time through set d=count.