Star pattern help?

[GeeKunMow]

I need some help making some star patterns. The exact instructions are as follows:

Create separate programs to produce the following patterns:
a.
*
**
***
****
*****

b.
*****
****
***
**
*


I have to use for loops to get the patterns and I've already got (a.) but I can't seem to get the second. My first pattern's code is this:

public class Stars
{
//-------------------------------------------
//Prints a triangle shape using asterick (star) characters.
//-----------------------------------------------------------
public static void main (String[] args)
{
final int MAX_ROWS = 10;

for (int row = 1; row <= MAX_ROWS; row++)
{
for (int star = 1; star <= row; star++)
System.out.print ("*");

System.out.println();
}
}
}
Please help? Thanks in advance!

[Eranga]

Simply do the process in other way around.

public class Stars {
//-------------------------------------------
//Prints a triangle shape using asterick (star) characters.
//-----------------------------------------------------------

    public static void main (String[] args) {

        final int MAX_ROWS = 10;
        for (int row = MAX_ROWS; row >= 0; row--) {
            for (int star = 1; star <= row; star++) {
                System.out.print ("*");
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

[GeeKunMow]

Oh, wow. Thank you so much! I really appreciate it.

[Eranga]

You are welcome!

[jhen]

can i hav the explanation for the code u hv sent a while ago about creating a star?? coz i am little bit confuse?

[Eranga]

On what you are confusing, not what line of code?

[jhen]

wt is the used of final in the source code of creating a star??? y is it the identifier named row and star doesn't hav error eventhough it was not declared???
plz i nid uir help... tnx

[Eranga]

In Java final means constant. Basically the value cannot change at run time. Always it remain as the same. Just remove the word final and run the code. Still you get the same result. It's just for safety, in this case it's not much important but it's good practice.

Carefully check the code, both start and row identifiers are declared in the code.

[jhen]

tnx.... it's a help for me to be one of the member of this forum....sayoonara....