im having hard time studying looping statement in java and also in some different programming language, thats why i am needing some help here creating a program which is a diamond shaped asterisk the output should be like this:

1 *
2 * * *
3 * * * * *
4 * * *
5 *

and also there is a participation of the user that the user must input an odd number, the odd number represents the level of the diamonds example 5, the output should be like the above output...
hirs my code... i know i have a lot of mistake with my looping statement in this program... tnx in advance...



the output became:
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

really need your help... T.T

system.out.println will always shift the next output to the next line on the console. system.out.print() will not make the next output appear on the next line. What you need to do is:

nothing happens the output became like this:
*
*

*
*
*

*
*
*
*
*

*
*
*
*




but anyways tnx for your help..

Really? This is my ouptut:

Using the code change I suggested. Make sure your System.out.println(); line is not in the for loops so it's not repeated each time the loop iterates.