Program that displays JAVA word pattern.

Hi,

I am new here and thought I would see if anyone had any ideas on this program I am working on. I believe it is a loop. I need to set up the word JAVA with the letter J being made up of 6 Js, letter A 10 As, letter V 8 Vs, and last A 10 As.

I letters looks something like this and go across:

J
J
J J
J J


A
AA
AAAAA
A A


V V
V V
V V
V

So far I got the basic programming down:

public class JavaPattern {
public static void main (String[] args) {

//Create Java Pattern

Do I need to set up something to display the word: JAVA
This is in the first chapter of my book under programming exercises, but there is nothing in the book pertaining to creating patterns.

I am taking an online program, so I am not in contact with my instructor very often. Most of this I have been figuring out myself. Could someone explain how you create a pattern like this.

Thanks
Diana

To preserve the formatting of your letter arrangements, try using the code tags.

I would get out a piece of graph paper and draw out the pattern. Write down the steps you're following (even if you're just following them in your head without actually thinking about them). When you have the steps written down specifically enough that you could hand them to a stranger and have them do the same thing without knowing the end goal, then try translating those steps to code.

Please give us more explanation.

Do you want something like this:
J
JJ
JJJ
JJJJ
...
JJJJJJJ

A
AA
AAA
AAAA
...
AAAAAAAAAA

V
VV
VVV
VVVV
VVVVV
...
VVVVVVVV

A
AA
AAA
AAAA
AAAAA
AAAAAA
...
AAAAAAAAAA

or maybe you want something like that:

JJJJJJAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVVVVAAAAAAAAAA

I am pretty sure he (edit- she) wants something like this:

Code:

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    J    A      V      V    A
    J    A A      V    V    A A
J  J  AAAA      V V    AAAA
 J J  A      A      V    A      A

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Edit- Not quite, but you get the picture.

The pattern forms the letters J A V A.

When I try to enter it here it shows up wrong. Think of the shape of a diamond made up of all "*" to create the pattern of the diamond.

The letter J is created by 6 "J"s, letter A is created by "A"s, letter V by "V"s, and last "A" by As.

The word itself goes across like this J A V A

Too bad it doesn't show up right when I type it out.

Thanks

Diana

Quote:

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Originally Posted by SNFA

When I try to enter it here it shows up wrong.

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How does it show up? You should probably post some code that demonstrates the problem.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by SNFA

Too bad it doesn't show up right when I type it out.

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That's because the forum editor doesn't preserve spacing. If you use the code tags, you should have more luck.

Did you try the graph paper idea? Notice any patterns?

I have written small piece of code.

Code:

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public class BigLetters {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                System.out.printf("    %s", "J");
                System.out.println();
                System.out.printf("    %s", "J");
                System.out.println();
                System.out.printf("%s  %s", "J","J");
                System.out.println();
                System.out.printf(" %s %s", "J", "J");
               
        }
}

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It seems it can be done on a better way.

I know that spoonfeeding != helping. This is a website for writing code not for philosophers. Do not try to talk about philosophy like spoon... etc.

Have you got any idea how it could be done?

If they want loop then they might want to have 3 methods, one for any letter, and then to print "JAVA" with combination of that methods?

Here's an idea:
Map out each letter as a number of rows of spaces and letters as needed.
Have a method that will print the specified row for its letter w/o the line end(\n).
Then a loop to call each method with the row number of the row it is to print out.

My another idea is:

0001
0001
1010
0110

Make a combinations of 0 and 1. When there is 1 you should put a letter. You can write that function on many ways.

Little difficult:
It can also be done with four 16bit numbers for example
0001000110100110 number for letter J :cool:

I'm closing this thread as it's getting way off topic. Original poster, if you are still stuck, I'm sorry to do this, but I'm going to ask you to start a new thread and add a link to this one. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Pete