Nested (for) loops in Java

[mrjava]

Hello. I'm new to Java programming and trying hard to learn it :)
But these nested for loops where is outer and inner for-loop are giving me headache.

For example this exercise where app asks user the int value and then prints this star pattern. I've been trying to do this but somehow I don't get a hang of it:

How many rows:
7

*
**
***
****
*****
******
******* (the value is 7 so this prints 7 rows)

Also different matrix arrays where you are supposed to loop through the array and print values from every element are hard for me.

Could someone help me at least with that star-pattern exercise and maybe explain what happens in those nested for loops.

Thank you.

[JosAH]

Take those loops apart: here's a small method that prints 'n' stars:

public static void stars(int n) {
   for (int i= 0; i < n; i++) // print n stars
      Sytem.out.print('*');
   System.out.println(); // followed by a new line
}

Given the small method above, your example can be implemented as follows:

for (int j= 1; j <= 7; j++)
   stars(j);

This code also has a nested loop in it, but the inner loop is implemented in another method. Does this clarify things a bit?

kind regards,

Jos

[mrjava]

I found this code from another forum:

for(int i=0 ; i<7 ; i++){
  for(int j=0 ; j<i+1 ; j++){
    System.out.print("*");
  }
  System.out.println();
}

I almost got it by myself but that inner loops condition j<i+1, what was wrong in my code. Usually it is always the inner loop what I dont get correct. Outer loop is always looping the number of rows, right?