asterisks triangles

Hi

i have written a program to display a
*****
****
***
**
*
triangle using the code

Code:

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                String stars = "",star="";
                for(int count = 0; count < 5; count++)
                {
                  star=star+"*";
                  stars = stars + star+System.getProperty("line.separator");
                }
                return stars;

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but i can't figger out how to display a
*****
****
***
**
*
traingle using that code

any help would be be appreshated.

Try this:

Code:

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        String stars = "",star="*****";
        for(int count = 5; count > 0; count--)
        {
          star=star.substring(0, count);
          stars = stars + star+System.getProperty("line.separator");
        }
            return stars;

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